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...Even if Lewis holds on this his job, the hiring of Krawcheck underscores the fact that Bank of America has a growing honesty issue with shareholders. Krawcheck has a reputation on Wall Street as being Ms. Clean. Fortune magazine (TIME and Fortune share the same publisher) once dubbed Krawcheck the "last honest analyst" on Wall Street...
...emissions cuts. As a developing nation that has played a very small part in producing the climate mess that the world now faces, India’s lack of enthusiasm is understandable. This does not mean, however, that an agreement is out of the question. A treaty that includes clean energy technology transfers and investment from wealthy countries in return for mandatory environmental targets in the developing world would benefit wealthy and developing economies alike...
...finance has been rendered incapable of serving as a foundation for our economy, green technology provides an excellent business opportunity for the United States. China has already realized this, and is building the industry at a rapid rate. We can retake the lead by supplying clean energy to much of the developing world, and easing their transition to environmentally-friendly economies. To ensure that the treaty would be effective, the investment should mandate emissions cuts in developing nations—cuts that these countries would hopefully accept in return for Western funding of their energy transitions...
...Last Thursday, I helped drain a swamp that a village community uses for drinking and bathing water. The rainy season will start sometime next month, and so the villagers asked us to help clear out the feet-deep layers of sludge at the bottom in order for clean rainwater to accumulate...
Generally, the biggest complaint among home exchangers has to do with different standards of cleanliness. Swappers are supposed to make sure their home is in order before they depart, but one person's idea of clean may be more, shall we say, forgiving than another's. And homeowners say that if they come back to a less-than-sparkling kitchen, well, that may be inconvenient but not sufficient to sour them on exchanges. (See pictures of Americans in their homes...