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...working Somali waters now demand and often receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, according to the Piracy Reporting Center's Choong--they are likely to go after bigger game. With their kidnapping revenues, pirates "can afford to buy themselves some pretty nice boats," says Choong, and hence extend the range of their seizures...
...Lawrence H. Summers’ doorstep asking for more than just candy. In addition to requests for an increase in wages to $20 an hour, the protestors asked for paternity/maternity leave of three to five days, for a sick leave of three to five days, that childcare benefits be extended to part-time employees, and that the University continue to work towards increasing the level of full-time custodial staff to 60 percent. While we are opposed to the $20 per hour increase in wages, we support these other demands as they will do wonders towards creating a culture respectful...
...near future, prediction and decision markets are likely to extend their reach. At the University of Iowa, which created the Iowa Electronic Markets, researchers are developing a prediction market designed to forecast flu outbreaks, and their counterparts at the University of Miami have organized the Hurricane Futures Market, where you can place bets on where the spit will hit the fan. Corporations so far have tended to focus on relatively low-value projects like predicting the next quarter's sales. Google, for example, has been conducting an internal market to predict project-completion and product-launch dates. But given...
...owners of Felipe’s Taqueria are seeking to extend the restaurant’s operating hours until 4 a.m. on weekends in response to growing student demand. The popular Square restaurant is slated to appear before the Cambridge License Commission (CLC) on Nov. 29 to request keeping its doors open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends. But amidst reported violations of its present license—which allows Felipe’s to stay open until midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends—the restaurant faces disciplinary action, which could include...
...southern hardware seems to be paying dividends. Somali pirates now demand, and often receive, hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, according to the Piracy Reporting Center's Choong. With that sort of money the pirates "can afford to buy themselves some pretty nice boats," says Choong, and hence extend the range of their seizures...