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...near the bottom, with the average wage earner able to count on a government-mandated pension for just 52.4% of what he got (after taxes) in his working days--and higher-income workers even less. But the picture at the other end of the scale (dominated by Continental Europe) is misleading. Most of these governments haven't put aside money for pensions. As the ranks of retirees grow and workforces do not, countries will have to either renege on commitments or tax the hides off future workers...
...that really the choice? Actually, no. At least one country appears to have found a better way. In the Netherlands--"the globe's No. 1 pensions country," says influential retirement-plan consultant Keith Ambachtsheer--the average retiree can count on a pension equal to 96.8% of his working income. Ample money is set aside to fund pensions, and it is invested prudently but not timidly. Companies contribute to employees' accounts but aren't stuck with profit-killing obligations if their business shrinks or the stock market tanks...
Even without such sophisticated genetic work, doctors can now learn more about how treatment is progressing simply by tallying the number of circulating cancer cells and better understanding what that head count means. At the ASCO conference, researchers from the U.S., Britain and the Netherlands reported that after about a month of treatment, patients who had advanced prostate and colon cancers and lower circulating cell counts survived an average of twice as long as those who had higher levels. More cells in the blood could be a sign that the drugs are not working and that it's time...
Gold and Disney, who eventually dropped their lawsuit over Iger's appointment, now count themselves among the Iger believers. "The ultimate outcomes of the technological changes that are occurring in the business aren't clear to anyone," Gold says, "but Bob is working hard to figure...
...mounting body count in the south dashes hopes that last September's military coup might ease the crisis, because junta leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin is a Muslim. Since the putsch, violence has worsened. On June 4, insurgents were blamed for a train derailment that caused the entire railway network in the south to grind to a halt. With no end in sight to the conflict, Thailand's government will have to work even harder to keep the violence from distracting the tourist trade...