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Khodorkovsky’s likely imprisonment is not just a tragic prospect for Russia’s wealthiest individual. Russia will lose its most trusted entrepreneur, which will make foreign investors more cautious. It has taken years for the Russian economy to buck the perception of dysfunctional cronyism; the latest ham-fisted attack on the most prominent Russian industrialist—and its seizure of 44 percent of Yukos—only makes the business climate more unpredictable and unattractive. Indeed, capital has once again started to flee from the country, and it now looks as though an anticipated merger...
Using similar language yesterday, Sharansky praised Jewish students who buck prevalent anti-Israel trends in campus opinion...
...passing the medical buck to staff members isn't going over well, either. Norma Perez, 30, picketing with her three kids outside a Ralphs in North Hollywood, says that under the chain's proposed policy, she and her husband would incur an additional $500 or so a month in medical costs--jeopardizing mortgage payments on their house outside Los Angeles or putting the kids' health at risk. "California is already down, and imagine if we all go apply for medical welfare," says the cashier. The supermarkets dispute such dire predictions. As of last week, the two sides were aisles apart...
...bottles were lined up on the dirt floor like a battalion of infantry soldiers, but there was still a quantity of dressing left in the tub. That's when it occurred to Paul that we could bottle the rest, hustle them into some upscale local food stores, make a buck, and go fishing. And that is how our baby got started--not in a manger, but in a tub--not a wise man in sight, a fading movie star and a cantankerous writer, but that...
...donation will pay for the upkeep of a film for 100 years, Buck said...