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...benefits and entrust workers at all levels with sensitive financial data. The idea is that happy, empowered employees beget happy customers. Happy suppliers help too. All this stakeholder joy eventually redounds to the benefit of shareholders--but the magic fades if shareholders become the focus. "There's a harmonic effort that takes place, like a chorus is so much more beautiful than a single voice," says Tindell. "It not only provides a higher return--compensation for the employees, return for the shareholders, this crafting of a mutually beneficial relationship with the vendors--but it enriches the lives of those people...
...Everglades is already the focus of the largest ecosystem restoration ever, but that effort has stumbled and stalled. What Crist's deal can do is change the political ecosystem. Sugar fields pollute the Everglades, dump water on it when it's flooded and suck water out of it when it's dry; Big Sugar, opponents say, has used its political dominance in Florida to block efforts to restore the flow of the River of Grass. By essentially bribing U.S. Sugar out of business, Crist not only frees up its land but also eliminates an implacable obstacle to restoration...
...billion ecological bid is a bold move during a budget crisis. But if we can't save the Everglades with an abundance of money, science and goodwill behind an effort that's been hailed as a worldwide model, then what can we save? In South Florida, humanity has a unique opportunity to repair its abusive relationship with nature. Crist hasn't proved we can do it, but he's made that proof possible...
...Iraq war helped him capture his party's nomination--and at one point seemed likely to ensure him the White House as well. But favorable reporting by prominent news organizations, including the New York Times, on the Bush Administration's troop surge may bolster McCain--who supports the effort--and neutralize the Iraq issue. In order to win, McCain must succeed where Hillary Clinton failed: by making Obama seem more like an ordinary politician than an inspiring leader. Obama's reversal on campaign financing and new tone on NAFTA, along with news that two Muslim women in headscarves were moved...
Nearly 30 years after his father signed an Executive Order banning offshore oil drilling, President George W. Bush is seeking to lift the federal moratorium in an effort to ease record-high fuel prices...