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European subsidies produce other weird anomalies. Europe is now the second largest sugar exporter in the world, from being a net importer 30 years ago. European sugar is made from sugar beets grown in such unlikely places as Finland, better known as a mobile-phone producer. That hurts poor countries much better suited to producing sugar, such as Haiti, Mozambique and Thailand...
...Place. 11:30 p.m. Tickets available cash-only at the door or by phone, (617) 492-BEAR, $9. (DFH)Wednesday, Nov. 9Harvard Glee Club With the Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki. The Harvard Glee Club (HGC) joins with the Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki, Finland as they complete their American tour. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222, $14 general $7 students/senior citizens. (LAM)Longwave, Giant Drag, Emergency Music, and The Auto Interiors. The Middle East promises an exciting alternative rock concert with Longwave, Giant Drag, Emergency Music, and The Auto...
Nuclear power has been out of fashion throughout Europe for the past two decades, but some of its biggest opponents are to be found in Scandinavia, where environmental concerns are taken especially seriously. Sweden has voted to get out of nuclear energy altogether, and in Finland a 1993 application by utility TVO to build a new nuclear plant was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament. But on a balmy night this September, some 300 executives from the world of energy and politics clambered into a huge hole in the Finnish town of Olkiluoto to watch a laser lightshow as the climax...
...Finland is just one of several countries to commit to a new construction program. China's nuclear plans are the biggest and most significant: it currently has nine nuclear reactors in operation and says it will increase its nuclear capacity fivefold by the year 2020 to help cope with its huge appetite for energy. Later this year the Chinese are expected to kick off the next phase of their nuclear expansion by selecting a Western contractor for two new plants. In the U.S., the Energy Policy Act, which sets up a new form of federal risk insurance, is widely seen...
...developed world, but when it comes to international competitiveness, there's no beating Scandinavian countries. That's the conclusion of this year's annual global competitiveness survey by the World Economic Forum, which ranks countries according to economic dynamism, the quality of public institutions and technological prowess. Finland once again topped the list (ahead of the U.S.), with Sweden in third place, Denmark at No. 4, Iceland No. 7 and Norway No. 9. "There is no evidence that [high tax rates] are undermining the level of competitiveness," said Augusto Lopez-Claros, the Forum's chief economist, who notes that Scandinavian...