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...increase the service sector's overall contribution to the economy by 3 percentage points by 2010 - to 43% of GDP - and by 10 points a decade from now. Earlier this year, the government ordered state-owned banks to step up lending to service-sector companies. Beijing has also begun to break down barriers that have prevented foreign companies from investing in highly regulated areas of the economy. Health care, which should generate an enormous number of jobs going forward as China's population ages rapidly, is one example. Taiwanese companies have already invested in 14 hospitals across the country...
...first, the Kremlin tried to prop up the currency, but after blowing through tens of billions of dollars in September and October, it changed course in mid-November, and has since begun a policy of phased devaluation. That's calling up bad memories of the ruble's collapse in 1998, and prompting nervous talk around kitchen tables about what to do this time around. On Dec. 4, Putin fielded vetted questions from around the nation on a televised call-in show. One of the most poignant was a text message from an unnamed viewer: "What will happen to the ruble...
Since that speech, Putin has begun talking a little more openly about the issue. In his Dec. 4 television appearance, the first question to him came from Dmitry Salnikov from the village of Tirlyansky, near the Urals region of central Russia. "We are a young and currently jobless family," said Salnikov. "Most locals are also unemployed because they used to work for the metallurgical sector. What are we supposed to do in this situation?" Putin's vague answer: "Private and public authorities will have to draft an entire range of measures in an effort to preserve jobs...
...that's not the whole story. Eastern European nations, like summit host Poland, remain dependent on heavy industries and polluting power like coal. And lately, given the severe economic downturn, Europe has edged away from its leadership on climate change. On Dec. 11, even as the U.N. summit has begun to heat up, the E.U. will meet in Brussels to vote on its ambitious 20-20-20 plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases continent-wide 20% by 2020, while increasing renewable power 20% and reducing overall energy consumption 20%. Many Western European nations like France, which is currently...
...members have begun talking with administrators and would like to cooperate with the College Dean’s office to reserve and fund off-campus social spaces, especially the buildings at 45 Mt. Auburn St. and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education at 42 Brattle St. The UC is calling on the administration to reduce the costs of Beverage Authorization Team and Harvard University Police Department details, and to better coordinate events held in dining halls or during busy weekends...