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But petrochemicals are a major component of plastic, and Yuyao?often known as "Plastics City"?is under siege. According to local merchants, the price of a ton of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), a common ingredient in hard-plastic products, has virtually doubled since March. "The prices for raw materials have...
How close--and how unpredictable--is the 2004 presidential contest? Just a month ago, in the wake of the four-day salute to John Kerry's Vietnam combat record that doubled as the Democratic Convention, political analysts were declaring that given the way undecided voters were leaning, the race was...
Rien van Gendt, executive director of the €800 million Van Leer Group Foundation, is one of the leaders of the new breed of philanthropists in Europe. The foundation, which focuses on helping young children, has blazed a trail by spending 95% of its grant money outside its home country...
DIED. PEI PEI, 33, the oldest giant panda in captivity; of organ failure; in Hangzhou, China. Pei Pei more than doubled her species' expected life span of about 15 years. Her death highlights the breeding difficulties of the endangered animals and comes on the heels of China's decision to...
(2 of 2) Zaffran fears that anti-Semitic attacks will become banal events in France, and other Jewish leaders share his concern. "No one has been killed or seriously hurt, but there's a growing sense of depression," says Emmanuel Weintraub, a member of the executive bureau of crif, the...