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...Nagin has pointedly been dropping the names of two of the city's most prominent white businessmen - Joe Canizaro and Donald "Boysie" Bollinger - who are close to the White House, but neither has come out publicly for him so far. If Nagin can't match the third of the white vote that Landrieu received, then, the pollster Pinsonat says, "stick a fork in [him], he's done...
...Russia have multiplied dramatically over the last few years. Numerous arbitrary closings of NGOs have been complemented by legislation—allegedly against terrorism—that actually suppresses NGOs. These newly adopted laws target vocal national NGOs, international NGOs operating in Russia, and their donors. And private businessmen who donate to NGOs can lose their businesses and even their freedom. For example, Michael Khodorkovsky, once one of Russia’s richest oligarchs, was jailed after supporting independent NGOs and opposition political parties. Unfortunately, although Russia is moving towards authoritarianism, powerful international actors still have yet to protest this...
...runway. Indeed, the sensation of not being in Iraq is a key factor in Kurdistan's boom. Almost no Iraqi flag flies, and fewer than 1,000 U.S. soldiers are deployed in the territory. In the lobby of Arbil's only five-star hotel, filled with American and European businessmen discussing prospects, the buzz in the crowd has one persistent theme: in the world's most dangerous country, foreign businesses can work safely by basing their Iraq operations in Kurdistan rather than 320 km south in Baghdad. "For anybody wanting to do anything in Iraq today, the entry point...
...They also need to learn how to protect themselves when those institutions can't. Since 1993, the federal government's Community Emergency Response Team program has trained civilians to be auxiliary first responders - a formalized, more effective version of the Manhattan businessmen who loosened their ties and directed traffic during the 2003 blackout. The program is now available in more than 2000 jurisdictions. "If the people in Louisiana had been better educated," says RAND consultant Glenn Melnick, "the loss of property would have been the same, but we would have lost a lot fewer lives...
...trailing in the polls. After a lackluster showing in the first of two televised debates, Berlusconi has sought to revive his prospects with fresh shots of venom. Last week, he stole headlines after exploding onstage at a conference of Italy's leading industrialists. The Prime Minister accused businessmen who support the left of either being crazy or having "skeletons in the closet" that require them to seek protection from left-wing magistrates. Berlusconi lashed out again following protests against him in Genoa, warning that his opponents were allied with radical forces who put Italy "in a situation of democratic emergency...