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...Harvard employees to unionize.Harvard’s Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) has been pressuring the University and AlliedBarton to accept unionization for over two years, according to Adaner Usmani ’08, a SLAM member.“We don’t have any clout in Allied, we’re not shareholders,” Usmani said. “The main way we can be useful to the campaign is putting pressure on Harvard, on Allied.”He said the decision marks a significant victory for SLAM, which has made unionization...
...anthems enter into play.While “Gears of War” itself is hardly a masterpiece of subtlety—most of the game still revolves around shooting huge guns at bad guys—the mere fact that a company with Microsoft’s clout is acknowledging the emotional and aural impact of games with its marketing approach is significant. Yet again, money has followed innovation, and a maturing medium has devised a way to position itself as a solution to needs that gamers weren’t expected to have.A revolution? Maybe, but one that?...
...these reasons, Rumsfeld has been met with universal revile and bears almost singular responsibility for the U.S.’s continuing decline in international clout. We are relieved to see his resignation as the first sign of accountability in the Bush administration, and we can only hope that his successor, former CIA chief Robert M. Gates, will serve with an open mind and salvage what remains of Iraq and the credibility of our nation. Thrice before have we called for Rumsfeld’s resignation, and it’s about time. Amen...
...critics say some of this success is due not to globalization but to the local political clout these large firms wield, yielding favorable government treatment--everything from default forgiveness on bank loans to airbrushing competition regulations. Their heft makes them effective bullies. After Fox took office in 2000, promising a new era, several younger Cemex execs decided to take him at his word and struck out on their own, competing against their former employer by importing cheaper cement from Russia. Their boat got tied up in every port, and after months of harassment, they took their business to Africa. Oligopolistic...
...Tata group's global clout means that its chairman's thoughts get concrete results. Tata comprises 96 companies, including the world's second largest tea business (Tata Tea), Asia's largest software firm (Tata Consultancy Services), a steel giant (Tata Steel), a hotel chain (Indian Hotels) and a sprawling vehicle-manufacturing arm (Tata Motors) that includes a bicycle factory in Zambia and a project to make a car selling for $2,200. Since Tata became chairman in 1991, he has multiplied the Tata group revenues seven times to an annual $21.13 billion. Since 2000, the group's market value...