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...Iran, of course, has defied the demand that it suspend enrichment, even after the demand was backed by U.N. sanctions, but it has been working with the IAEA to resolve the transparency concerns. So, while Iran's objective is to resolve the outstanding issues without actually turning off its enrichment centrifuges, the U.S. objective is to get it to turn off those centrifuges regardless of the status of the transparency issues...
...things they have already purchased. (Perhaps the most relevant example for college students is iTunes, which will only allow downloaded songs to be played on three separate computers.) Verizon’s new policy is a welcome step away from this type of salesmanship. It acknowledges the demand for this type of service and benefits those who would otherwise feel coerced into making an unwanted and unnecessary purchase. Hopefully, Verizon’s decision will pressure other companies to improve their own products...
...experts say Venezuelan production is slipping and Chávez's industry policy for the long term is risky. Venezuela, like Mexico and Iran, needs reinvestment and foreign investment to keep its $100 billion industry in prime condition. But with China's and India's demand for crude inspiring projections for exponential growth and the U.S.'s determination to remain a slave to oil, the oil industry may well have hit a point when the short term is the long term--every barrel not pumped today will be worth more tomorrow. "The Venezuelans are investing as much as they want...
Venezuela's 26 million people have seen four straight years of near record economic growth, and they are driving up domestic oil demand: almost 500,000 new cars are expected to be sold this year. (Why not, with gas at 12¢ a gal.?) But the bolívar is sharply overvalued, inflation is the highest in Latin America, and even Chávez fears that his "21st century socialists" are living like capitalist nouveaux riches, the so-called boli-bourgeoisie...
...Forum Director Bill H. White said next week’s event—the third forum of the year to feature a Nobel Peace Prize winner—has already created a huge demand for tickets...