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...Iraq is moving toward becoming the stable, peaceful and friendly place they promised it would be. "This is more answered by successes or changes in the landscape in Iraq--an arrest or some movement or change," says one. Nearly three months after his photo-op landing on an aircraft carrier, Bush now needs to convince Americans once again that "mission accomplished" means more than the words that were stenciled on the banner behind him that day. --With reporting by John F. Dickerson and Eric Roston/Washington, Deborah Fowler/Houston, Simon Robinson/Fallujah, Maggie Sieger/Detroit and Jill Underwood/San Diego
...Iraq), even though Ronald Reagan found that the exact opposite was true and had to raise taxes twice to repair the damage done by his 1981 cuts. And Bush probably believed, as the sign said, that the "mission" had been "accomplished" in Iraq when he landed on the aircraft carrier costumed as a flyboy. He may even have believed that he was a flyboy...
...Brazilian up-and-comer has garnered fresh attention. Embraer recently announced that it would open a plant in Jacksonville, Fla., and start pursuing U.S. defense and homeland-security contracts. (Embraer already sells a line of surveillance aircraft to the governments of Brazil, Greece and Mexico.) Then more news: discount carrier JetBlue Airways ordered 100 Embraer regional jets for $3 billion. The deal was especially notable because JetBlue had earlier espoused the maintenance and training efficiencies of using only one type of plane--one made by Airbus...
...initial enterprise was to launch Turkey's first private TV channel, Star TV, together with Özal's son, Ahmet, in 1989. The privatization boom of the 1990s allowed the Uzans to expand into other media and utilities - and to build the country's second-largest mobile-phone carrier, Telsim. Family assets, according to Forbes magazine, now exceed $1.3 billion. And Cem Uzan heads the country's second-most popular political grouping, the Youth Party, which he founded in July last year as a vehicle for his own political ambitions. But as the Uzans' reach has grown, so too have...
...cell phone. It's a wireless music player. It's both. At the end of July, Sprint plans to become the first carrier to let subscribers play full-length songs on its phones, radio-style. Those who've signed up for the high-speed Sprint PCS Vision service will get to choose from 50 different songs from Sony and Warner Music. There's almost no delay before the tune starts playing, thanks to streaming technology. But we found the sound quality to be a bit wobbly on the phone we tried. If you like what you hear, you can download...