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...hastily arranged news conference on Thursday afternoon, Merkel, an often serious, even dour leader, was overjoyed when she broke the news. "I am exceptionally happy about this decision, which is along the lines of what the government wanted," she said. "It's clear the patience and determination of the government paid...
Colin, you mentioned before that there were environmental groups that, when news of what you were doing first broke out, were worried. They thought people already associated environmentalism with giving things up, and they worried that message wouldn't work with people. Do they still feel that way? Colin: For me, there are two models for change. One is a model that works through collective action and politics. And then there is the model that works through individual action and lifestyle change. People in the environmental movement have been working so hard for collective action that when No Impact...
...Leary and Perik the Learning Company used "accounting manipulations" to gain market share and drive up the company's stock price. According to the suit, a sales manager at the Learning Company at the time of the Mattel merger told employees that he "suspected the 'Learning Company is broke' and is 'cooking the books.' " Mattel paid shareholders $122 million to settle the suit. O'Leary and Perik settled as well. O'Leary did not return multiple calls for comment. In the past, O'Leary has blamed the problems at the Learning Company on the technology meltdown and a culture clash...
...Okay you’re probably not going to love this one, “Can you comment on the admissions preference given to legacy students, athletes, and minorities?”Flyby broke this question down a bit… (We were specifically interested in how Harvard has been nabbing so many all-star athletes lately?...
Jackson built a broad program to push city contracts to black-owned businesses. But the current crop of candidates - black and white - put balancing the city's books and stemming rising crime at the top of their agenda. "Atlanta is broke and broken," says Borders spokeswoman Liz Flowers. "This is about fixing a broken city...