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...winning its battle against foot-and-mouth disease. Blair had earlier postponed local elections from May 3 to June 7 to avoid a campaign during a national emergency. Analysts said that this week he would also call the general election for June 7 to take advantage of the double-digit lead that polls show his Labour Party enjoys over the opposition Conservatives...
...Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Pasquale Pistorio What it does: Designs and develops semiconductors used in computer and telecommunications systems and consumer and automotive products Why it is hot: The company is now the world's sixth-largest semiconductor company, up from ninth in 1999. It posted year-over-year double-digit growth in revenues and net earnings in the first quarter www.st.com | last year...
Cavallo, 54, is prone to call aides and reporters before breakfast or after midnight. And these days he has plenty to talk about. Cavallo earned Argentines' admiration in 1991 when he pegged the peso to the dollar and tamed four-digit inflation. He's still a hero. In March, when Cavallo became the country's third Economy Minister in three weeks, trade unions canceled a general strike and the legislature granted emergency powers to him and President Fernando...
...hadn't got a single ping. So much for the great home-hacking threat. But the next morning there was a pop-up on my screen. A "remote procedure call" had come in overnight from an anonymous computer with an 11-digit IP address. The firewall blocked it. Since then, hardly a day has gone by without one and sometimes 10 or more attempts by outsiders to get into my hard drive...
Recognizing the immense investment in the existing phone system, it is unrealistic to expect any major changes in its underlying structure. It is, however, entirely reasonable to move to a sane and consistent dialing system. In addition to freeing up even more numbers, moving to 10-digit dialing in all situations accomplishes this valuable objective. Just be thankful that we don't have 12-digit phone numbers yet, as some regulators are considering...