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Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people - something that's easy to forget at a time of great economic uncertainty. But it has left out billions more. They have great needs, but they can't express those needs in ways that matter to markets. So they are stuck in poverty, suffer from preventable diseases and never have a chance to make the most of their lives. Governments and nonprofit groups have an irreplaceable role in helping them, but it will take too long if they try to do it alone. It is mainly corporations that have the skills...
...economic cycle. It's a response to the longer-term fact that too many people are missing out on a historic, century-long improvement in the quality of life. In many nations, life expectancy has grown dramatically in the past 100 years. More people vote in elections, express their views and enjoy economic freedom than ever before. Even with all the problems we face today, we are at a high point of human well-being. The world is getting a lot better...
Meanwhile, hotel companies are also finding ways to lighten your luggage load. Fairmont Hotel and Resorts (fairmont.com) partners with delivery service Sports Express to ship guest luggage and sports equipment to any of its worldwide properties. Dubai's Jumeirah Hotel offers an online "boutique" for items such as shaving cream and suntan lotion that you often can't carry on, thanks to increased security: order them before you board and they'll be waiting in your room when you arrive. And repeat guests can store their luggage at certain Peninsula hotels in the U.S. and Asia, with your clothes...
...traditional three. The Chicago school, which will continue to offer a three-year program as well, is not the first to let some students fast-track their legal education. The University of Dayton School of Law and Southwestern Law School, in Los Angeles, already have two-year express tracks. But as the first top-tier law school - ranked ninth in the country by U.S. News & World Report - to offer the program, Northwestern could be especially influential in getting other schools to embrace the idea...
...attention was welcome. In March, the McCanns - named as suspects amid reports that Portuguese police had found Madeleine's DNA in the trunk of a car rented almost a month after her disappearance - won an apology and $1.1 million from Britain's Express Newspapers, after its tabloids falsely suggested the parents were responsible for Madeleine's death. Murat, for his part, received $1.2 million in damages from a string of British newspapers earlier this month over stories claiming, again incorrectly, he was involved in the child's disappearance...