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...improved. Ruggie, a professor of international relations at the Kennedy School and a Harvard Law School affiliate, has held the position of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights since 2005. At the UN, he helped establish the UN Global Compact, an initiative to engage the private sector in promoting human rights, labor, environmental, and anti-corruption standards. The Global Compact is now the largest initiative of its type, Ruggie said, with a membership of over 4000 companies around the world. However, Ruggie said he’s ready...
...Ultra-Compact Computer Weighing in at only 1 lb., OQO's latest PC is the world's smallest Windows Vista--capable computer, with a blazing processor to boot. The device is small enough to fit in your hand--and boasts wireless Web access. Not so small price...
...either. More mature music fans might still pay up for a CD; some 2 million people outside North America bought last fall's Long Road out of Eden, for instance, the first studio album from the Eagles in decades. But supermarket muscle has driven down the retail price of compact discs. The only U.S. store selling that Eagles CD was Wal-Mart, for the bargain price of $11.88. The average price of a CD in Europe dropped by 4% between 2003 and 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. One way to maintain price levels is to offer deluxe products that pair...
...making residents concerned about overcrowding, parking, and traffic issues. At the meeting, representatives from Community Builders and CBT Architects, the firm that designed the Charlesview proposal under discussion, said that their main focuses were alleviating the shortage of affordable housing options and addressing the need to keep buildings compact in light of rising energy costs. “Those were the things we thought were important, and that was our logic,” said Willie Jones, senior vice president and director of Community Builders. “Whether we got it right is another issue.” Christopher...
...technology to India’s masses, rather than simply avoiding the problem by posturing against the Nano. In a country with such a rapidly growing middle class, on the verge of becoming the world’s largest nation, the Nano is an exceptionally smart innovation. It is compact, it is safe, it is cheap, and above all it is more fuel efficient and produces fewer emissions than the vast majority of cars you’ll find on the Mass Pike or any other American expressway. In short, the development of India’s economy is more...