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Enter the Europeans. Last month, in a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of major utilities in 19 European countries, more than half the larger firms said they plan to expand into North America. Some have already begun. Last month shareholders approved a deal to sell LG&E Energy Corp., based in Louisville, Ky., to the German giant E.ON. Its German competitor, RWE, bought one of the largest U.S. water utilities in January, the same month that a British firm picked up Niagara Mohawk of Syracuse, N.Y. Flush with cash and out of room to grow on their own turf, the Europeans...
Then, five weeks ago, Cowboy Pictures—a “small but smart” company, according to Toback—agreed to release the film without video rights. Cowboy Pictures took over the deals Toback had negotiated with Brattle and Cinema Village and now plans to expand the film’s release to more than 75 cities...
More scientists than ever before will come to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as fellows next fall, the result of an effort to radically expand Radcliffe’s role in the sciences, the Institute announced yesterday...
Also last night the council passed a number of measures to improve its own technology, add class social events for sophomores and juniors and expand next year’s autumn festival...
...There is a possible solution to the whole zoo conundrum: consolidation. Close down all the little local zoos and amusement areas; animals living at many of them are kept in terrible conditions. Then, open (or expand) three or four major, well-funded and -staffed refuge-style zoos. We can use the existing framework at the top-notch zoos in Washington, D.C. and San Diego, and then pinpoint another one or two locations with ample land and plenty of trained zoologists...