Word: brazile
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...familiar with the company's operations, Parmalat started running into trouble after a big, costly international expansion into Latin America and the U.S. in the 1990s. Consumers didn't convert to long-life milk in the numbers Parmalat expected. Economic and currency crises in countries such as Argentina and Brazil added to the company's woes. Its debt has risen to some $7 billion, and more than half of it comes due this year and next...
...Brazil, whose leaders have publicly protested US VISIT, has announced plans to fingerprint all U.S. citizens entering its borders in response to the new system...
Between electoral politics and civil disobedience, however, there is the vast realm of advocacy by non-governmental organizations who constitute a new and growing force in civil society. They work at the grass-roots on such causes as curbing AIDS in Africa, saving rainforests in Brazil, building literacy in Central America and tutoring American youth in high schools or juvenile halls. Harvard students have led the way towards living wage and anti-sweatshop standards. Though not political in a narrow sense, their work impacts the climate of politics and often leads to government action. It would be in the interest...
Following the close of the deal, timber accounted for approximately 10 percent of Harvard’s $19.3 billion endowment, Meyer said. HMC also has positions in timber throughout the U.S. and Brazil and is considering purchasing other timber assets around world...
...holds up the sign that says, I'M STACY'S MOM." He sighs. "I hope it doesn't haunt us." Schlesinger couldn't be happier. With the momentum from Stacy's Mom, the band has persuaded its label to do a video for its second single, Mexican Wine, in Brazil. There will be several yachts in the video and a helicopter too. "Actually, I think one of the yachts has a helipad on it," says Schlesinger. "Considering we really didn't expect anybody to pay any attention to a record by us this year, I'd say we're doing...