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...with children and families," says Estelle, a cosmetics sales woman in a Paris store who asks that her last name not be used. "The new owner is now seeking volunteers for 35 hours at no extra pay, as well as people for extra-time work for more pay. My fear is, before long none of that will be voluntary any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France's 35 Hour Week Won't Die | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...Park's bearish predictions came true, but many resonated enough that the government reportedly started to fear an insider might be unloading. Foreign exchange players scrutinized Minerva's postings as did government officials trying to guess his identity. At times, Minerva characterized himself as a financial superstar and was so persuasive that Koreans were certain they weren't just following any cybergoon. Minerva also had a growing online audience increasingly skeptical of traditional media and gravitating more and more to the web for scholarship and opinions, especially dissenting viewpoints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seoul Cracks Down on an Internet Financial Guru | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

While South Korean officials are quick to boast about the country's Internet prowess, they are also increasingly on edge about the downside of online banter, specifically online rumor mongering, which they fear is getting out of hand on the peninsula and only last year drove a South Korean celebrity to commit suicide. The Internet also helped to draw tens of thousands of citizens onto the streets of Seoul during last summer's anti-U.S. beef and Free Trade Agreement protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seoul Cracks Down on an Internet Financial Guru | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

What Citi's history illustrates is that these are not new dilemmas and that they've never been perfectly resolved. Banks and financial systems are inherently fragile, beset by a natural tendency to careen from fear to greed and back. We're deep in the fear part of the cycle right now. So what should government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citibank: Teetering Since 1812 | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

This, despite repeated pleas from border Democratic officeholders, residents with family and business ties on both sides of the river, and conservationists who fear their 30-year effort to string parcels of land into a necklace of treasured preserves for native fauna and flora will be destroyed as the acreage ends up in a riverside no-man's-land. On Wednesday, Obama's first day in office, advocates of immigration reform are holding a rally in Washington in which a multisectarian group of religious leaders will give the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building a ritualistic cleansing to highlight the call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opponents of the Border Fence Look to Obama | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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