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...October 2007 to assist multinationals in emerging, postcrisis countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, by getting them directly involved in local humanitarian, developmental or environmental projects. Multinationals, CforC reckons, have a huge capacity for doing good in these regions, and the goodwill their efforts engender can make it easier for them to do business, thus bolstering their bottom line. "This is what we call a license to operate," Hashemi explains. "Once you gain the trust of a community, you're safer there." Butler, a former army brigadier who commanded British forces in southern Afghanistan, calls it "soft security...
...Freshmen Max Kenyi will likely lead the freshmen three-point gunners this year. It will be easier for the rookies, as this is just a small part of the class’ big adjustment from high school to collegiate play...
...holiday shopping this year an exercise in self-restraint, and the Web offers a quick, clean shot at purchasing 24 hours a day. Moreover, with websites like FatWallet and SlickDeals featuring bargain-basement prices, hunting around for the best value is a convenient mouse click away. That's an easier proposition for many than slogging to the mall and fighting traffic, crowds and parking problems. "Comparison-shopping online dwarfs what you can do in the real world," says Nita Rollins, a trends expert for digital marketing agency Resource Interactive. "You just open up six browsers." (See the 50 best websites...
...City Manager for Human Services Ellen M. Semonoff predicted that funding prospects would only worsen after likely additional cuts in January and also in the following fiscal year. “We can assume that things are likely to get more challenging this year and next before they get easier,” she said. “There is a high likelihood that the budget in 2010 will not restore the cuts.” The North Cambridge Crime Task Force lost around $12,000 of state money from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which amounts...
...Computer Society said that the promise of network neutrality, which could materialize under an Obama administration, would help preserve the Internet’s democratic qualities. “One could imagine if the Internet were much less neutral there would be much less innovation and it would be easier for corporations to stifle free expression on the Internet,” said Joseph P. Zimmerman ’10, the vice president of communications at HCS. In 2007, Obama publicly stated that he supports Internet neutrality. “As president, I’m going to make sure...