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...change for the industry, for all industries, every single industry is being affected by the web. Network television is already technically free, so when they have sites like Hulu that are figuring out a way to still have ad revenue, I think it's really smart. You can't fight it. You have to think outside the box and find a new way to deal with it. I'm not sure they have...
...editing error, a paragraph was omitted from the online version of the May 5 article "HBS Group Helps Fight Foreclosures," which consequently did not identify former investment banker Brian McGinnis by his full name in the piece...
Current President Martin Torrijos - the son of the late Panamanian strongman Brigadier General Omar Torrijos, who got the U.S. in 1977 to sign the treaty that eventually gave the canal to Panama - has pushed through some anticorruption reforms. But scandals have persisted. Herrera's campaign had to fight allegations that it received financing from a Colombian national now in prison in Bogotá on charges of alleged extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking in exchange for political favors. (It didn't help Herrera when it was disclosed that while he was staying in Panama, the Colombian, David Murcia, had employed...
...president's bellicose language underscores the uphill battle the nation has to fight to recover from being the epicenter of swine flu. Following the biggest shutdown in its recent history, the country will gradually get its cogs rolling again Wednesday. But the economic impact of the closures and lost tourism has already been calculated at $2.2 billion, according to Finance Minister Agustin Carstens. Mexico is also facing the suspension of flights and cancellations of visa application from countries across the globe, threatening trade and tourism further. And amid these challenges, the swine flu itself, although less deadly than feared...
...televised speech, Calderon urged nations that have cut off plane routes to Mexico - including Argentina, Colombia and Cuba - to reconsider. "I ask all the nations that they stop taking actions that only hurt Mexico and don't contribute to stopping the spread of the disease," he said. "Mexico will fight this virus better in collaboration with the rest of the world." Officials in those countries claimed, however, that they don't have huge stockpiles of antiviral drugs and need to take any actions necessary to save their citizens' lives. The United Nations has spoken against such measures in general...