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...sanctions against Iraq. His message to governments of the region will "Don?t prejudge Sharon. Judge him by his actions rather than by his past." He's going to emphasize that there's a new administration in Israel and in the U.S., and that everyone should proceed with caution and do what they can to keep the level of violence down...
...first, the National Association of Purchasing Management index due out Thursday, and the next unemployment report. Until then, it seems that caution prevailed on the FOMC board, and you can bet Greenspan got the OK from his colleagues for some unilateral movement if he feels the need...
Critics say the Governor's innate sense of caution is to blame. "This problem could have been solved six months ago and at $10 billion less for the utility companies," says Representative Keith Richman, Republican minority whip in the state assembly. Richman points out that following a spike in power rates in San Diego last August, Republicans wrote a letter to Davis calling for a special session of the legislature "to solve California's energy crisis." The Governor did not respond. "The reason we are at this crisis today is because of the Governor's lack of action and lack...
...engaging critics of globalization. Representatives of African governments are expected to promote their development plans and make a pitch for investment. Many of those topics may have been conceived after last year's event, which was dogged by protesters and at which President Clinton sounded a note of caution amid a celebration of the wonders of the New Economy. Clinton had been burned only months earlier by the World Trade Organization debacle in Seattle, in which the combination of anti-globalization street protests and discord among the member states had prevented any progress in negotiating a new round of trade...
Small wonder that consumers are flocking to low-emission cell phones and buying headsets to distance themselves from their phones. It's the same caution that compelled the Walt Disney Co., distressed by reports that phone radiation might be particularly harmful to children (see box), to vow to stop licensing its cartoon characters for use with cell phones "until there is reliable scientific evidence establishing the absence of any risk...