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Regardless of the specifics of the plan, we expect that Harvard will need to front a significant sum to begin reducing emissions. Simply put, renovating historic buildings is not cheap. and it is unclear where such funding might come from. Moreover, students have a right to know, before they vote, if this referendum will mean higher tuition or termbill fees, if it might mean funding cuts in other areas of FAS (and what areas they might be), or if private and government grants or loans could be used to jumpstart longer-term efforts. Right now, students do not have...
...secrecy and state intervention. Rules are often ignored in business dealings here - and the WTO is all about rules, from treating foreign companies fairly to dropping tangled customs regulations. But the largest obstacle may be persuading U.S. legislators - mindful of the impact on the U.S. of the flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled to muster the requisite two-thirds majority for fast...
...there is a 50% overlap in Mexico's and China's exports. As a consequence, the maquila operations along the border have bled 800,000 jobs in recent years. Infrastructure investment has dropped off so much in Mexico that for relatively light goods, it is just as cheap for the U.S. to import from China as from southern Mexico. And although a Mexican wage earner is paid three times as much as his Chinese counterpart, high domestic prices undercut, and nearly level out, his purchasing power. (Conversely, high domestic prices also push up those wages, further undermining Mexican firms' competitiveness...
SmithBayes put its own software to use when it picked a subscription-based business model instead of licensing the technology or setting up a consultancy. Most clients start with an initial yearly package costing around $200,000. That's not cheap, but Williams calls it good value considering it helps clients place strategic bets worth millions. Sectors constantly affected by uncertainty and flux may find it most useful: think telecoms, oil companies, traders, insurers and betting companies. Firms that toil in steady environments may be less interested, but, as Williams points out, "there seem to be fewer and fewer...
There is nothing scary or suspenseful about the newest wave of horror films. Torture and barbarity are merely cheap shock. If you want a truly scary film, check out Roman Polanski's Repulsion or Rosemary's Baby. Polanski knows it's not gore that scares an audience but a steadily growing sense of overwhelming apprehension and dread...