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China is already involved in the emerging global carbon market - companies in the developed world can sponsor carbon-cutting projects in China under the Kyoto Protocol to earn offsets. But the CBEEX-BlueNext collaboration could allow Chinese companies themselves to begin to get involved in the offset market, just as voluntary markets in the U.S. have done for American companies. For now, the standard will focus on agriculture and forestry projects, with expectations that it will grow to cover Chinese transportation, power and manufacturing. "We think that Chinese companies are very aware of their greenhouse-gas emissions and climate change...
...Entirely overwhelmed and understaffed, the Crimson Crazies never had a chance to accommodate the pregame crowd, and the thought of shoving aside a dozen other people to earn a shot at a burger somehow dulled the luster...
...interviewed Humphrey Bogart on his deathbed, Marilyn Monroe (below, with Archerd) in her dressing room, Charlie Chaplin in the director's chair and nearly every other star in Tinseltown. For nearly 50 years, he also served as the official greeter at the Academy Awards--a role that helped earn him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
...strong performances from a number of sophomores, and a rookie, to kick off the fall season. Four Harvard women crossed the line in the top six to lead the Crimson to a first-place finish, while second-year runner Dan Stiles headed a men’s squad that earned 14th. “I thought it was a good opening race,” Stiles said. “We didn’t run some of our top guys, but the people that did run did well. It was great just to get our feet moving...
...Second, we still buy a whole lot of your Treasury debt, though this is less of a weapon than is often portrayed in your press. (We have to recycle the dollars we earn from trade somewhere, and your Treasury market remains the largest and most liquid in the world. Plus, we, like the Japanese before us, have no real interest in seeing your interest rates rise and growth slow, particularly not now, and that's what would happen if we went on a T-bill buying strike.) But holding your debt does give us leverage, and we have some decisions...