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...Research Associates. "Most exporters are interested in stability. They don't want to shrink their own markets." The Saudis could conceivably decide that they would no longer use their excess capacity--as they do now--to smooth out market volatilities. Partly because of uncertainty as to Saudi intentions, the benchmark price of crude oil rose 34%, to $26.64 per bbl., from February to late April. Still, it remains far below its average price in 2000. (Crude oil today is, in real terms, barely half the price it was at the time of the first oil shock...
...Harvard squad set a new benchmark for excellence by going 9-0 and winning its first Ivy League title since 1997 and 10th overall...
...Boingo Wireless signal is available. Would you like to connect?" A click on the trackpad and I'm online. As my home page loads, I'm tempted to pass my hands over my computer like a magician's assistant: Look, no wires! I access a website that lets me benchmark my download speed; it clocks in at 2,920 kbps, comparable to my home cable-modem connection and 55 times as fast as the standard 56K dial-up modem. This is impressive. Heartened, I head off to my next destination: Pasadena and two free NANS (neighborhood access networks) operated...
...move that seems more like a smart company's buy-in rather than an artist's sell-out, DC comics has just finished publishing Gilbert Hernandez' five-issue "Grip: The Strange World of Men." With his brother Jaime, Gilbert's work on "Love and Rockets" set the benchmark for an entire generation of post-underground comix artists. (They were selected as one of TIME's 21st Century Innovators.) Though the publisher better known for its superhero "properties" clearly didn't know quite what to do with it, Hernandez's "Grip" combines all the elements that have gone into making...
...proving to be surprisingly resilient, mature and self-assured?especially so considering that the international investment community classifies Korea as a developing country. Consumer confidence is booming, and a survey of 600 companies last week showed business confidence is at a record high. Stocks seem to be weightless?the benchmark Kospi stock index has soared 75% since Sept...