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...foreign firms to invest in Japan. Due to failed takeover bids by foreign funds for companies such as J-Power, Japan's biggest electricity wholesaler, over the past two years, overseas investors have become convinced that the Japanese market is closed. A more favorable tax climate would help dispel this notion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop the Rot | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...however, captured by the official Olympic timing system by Omega, showed without a doubt that Phelps had touched first. "We made a review of the video footage," said Ben Ekumbo, the race referee. "It was very clear that the Serbian swimmer touched second after Michael Phelps." In order to dispel any doubts, however, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) also took the unusual step of allowing the Serbian officials to view the footage for themselves. "We didn't want them to go [to] sleep feeling like something was lost and they didn't have a chance," Ekumbo said. "Although the rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phelps' Lucky Seven | 8/16/2008 | See Source »

...century B.C. in what is now Nepal. His family is so obscenely rich ("like the Indus with the rush of waters") that they sacrifice 100,000 milk cows for the occasion. A diviner foretells Siddhartha's salvific destiny: "This sun of knowledge will blaze forth/ in this world to dispel/ the darkness of delusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siddhartha's Saga | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...interview, Gilani dismissed claims of links between militants and elements in the ISI, although in Pakistan, some observers have consistently maintained that the ISI has not severed links with clients in the jihadist world. Others counter that last year's suicide bomb attacks on buses carrying ISI personnel should dispel such claims. "This is a lot of bullshit, really," Gul said of the claims. "They are saying these things because they cannot win the war in Afghanistan. The ISI has gone through a thorough cleansing, after I left. I was blamed for taking it in an ideological direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Spies Elude Its Government | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...usual charm during the brief press conference the two men had at the family seaside compound. But one of McCain's biggest hurdles in the race is the perception that his election would mean a third Bush term. Given that, is a pilgrimmage to Kennebunkport the best way to dispel the notion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week in Politics | 7/26/2008 | See Source »

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