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...comes down to the products vs. the promise," says organizational consultant Peter Walsh, who characterizes himself as part contractor, part therapist. "It's not necessarily about the new pots and pans but the idea of the cozy family meals that they will provide. People are finding that their homes are full of stuff, but their lives are littered with unfulfilled promises...
...situation in Iraq has improved in the last year, with casualty counts dropping off significantly since 2007’s bloody spring. Any improvement comes despite the news last September that agents of Blackwater USA, the private security contractor, were responsible for the senseless deaths of at least 14 innocent Iraqi civilians. The mercenaries responsible have enjoyed impunity for their deadly carelessness; nearly nine months have passed since the Iraqi government demanded that Blackwater depart, and the firm remains—enduring only a tasteful corporate redesign. In April, their contract was renewed for another year...
...city has plummeted over the past two years. Indeed though few expect miracles, many locals said they were encouraged by Berlusconi's decision to make coming to Naples a top priority. "There isn't much confidence left in the political system in general," said a 37-year-old building contractor. "But I hope this time, they really try to do something. For every step forward we make, the north of Italy takes 10. We're always 30 years behind." Local merchants said trash that had piled up for days was cleared overnight before the arrival of the meticulous Berlusconi...
...time of their capture, all three men had been working for Northrop Grumman, a defense contractor, which continues to pay the families their salaries. Former Grumman pilots have criticized the company for using single-engine planes over such dangerous turf. In March 2003, three Grumman employees died in a single-engine-plane crash during a search for the hostages. (The U.S. now requires that twin-engine aircraft be used there.) But the hostages' families ask why the Bush Administration didn't provide more military backup on the contractors' Colombian missions. "Did they really never think this sort of thing could...
...Black: I was working as a software contractor for the [U.K.] government, but prior to that I had been initially working for a hedge fund, and in that time I spent a lot of time looking at Internet start-ups. And prior to that I had worked for companies that built trading software for a variety of stock exchanges around the world, so I was very, very familiar with general stock-exchange-type technology. I've always been a punter [bettor], all my adult life, and very, very interested in sport. So this was a reasonably natural area...