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...jailed Fatah chief has put a major crimp in hopes for a smooth transition of power in the wake of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Until last week, Mahmoud Abbas--Arafat's longtime P.L.O. deputy who has the backing of the Central Committee of Fatah, the most powerful Palestinian party--seemed likely to roll up a big victory in the Jan. 9 election for Palestinian President. But last week Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his part in deadly shooting attacks early in the four-year intifadeh, announced his candidacy...
Taking work home from the office may crimp your lifestyle in more ways than one. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook say the heat from a laptop computer--when used on the lap--can disrupt sperm production and affect fertility. Scientists found that scrotal temperatures in 29 men rose more than 4°F after an hour of laptop-computer use. Increases of more than 1.8°F have been associated with reduced fertility in previous research. Talk about an occupational hazard...
...Demand from China, for example, played a large role in hauling Japan's export-driven economy out of a prolonged slump. The mainland's neighbors have already been warily monitoring Beijing's efforts to cool overheated sectors such as real estate, fearful that clampdowns on credit and investment could crimp their China trade. Now there's a new worry: "China's dependence on oil is very high," says Shuji Shirota, chief economist at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo. "If [oil] prices choked off growth in China, that would have a big effect on Japan...
...right. Welcome to a forecasting folly called "the presidential cycle." In theory, it makes sense. As CEO of the U.S., the President can tighten the nation's belt in the first year or two of his term, then bust the budget in years three and four. That pattern would crimp corporate earnings and stock prices in the first half of a presidential term (giving savvy investors a chance to buy low), and boost them in the second half (time to take profits...
...dearth of office space puts a crimp in any plans to expand or recruit new faculty...