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...retraining programs in a big way. This approach, which over the years came to be known as "flexicurity," seemed to work. Unemployment fell; the economy grew. There's still much debate over how effective Denmark's job-retraining programs really are, but it's undeniable that they foster the kind of political environment in which union workers like Pedersen at Lego advocate outsourcing even as their company cuts jobs...
...qualitative aspect,” he said. “It has to do also with usability of the building, how people use buildings.” For Behnisch, famous for his use of tall glass panes that flood light into buildings’ nighttime surroundings, buildings should also foster a sense of place and encourage interactions between people. “We can’t force people to communicate,” he said, “but we can create the opportunities for them to do it.” Behnisch designed the Genzyme Center in Cambridge...
...thing we all can agree on is the desire for the lawsuits to go away. Record companies would rather invest in new business models and focus on creating music than spend time and money filing lawsuits. We hope the day arrives soon when lawsuits are not necessary to foster a marketplace that rewards investment in creativity and compensates those who make the best music in the world. Steven Marks is the executive vice president and General Counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America...
...Internet and buy as many of the cheapest tickets on AirAsia flights as it can get, often spending more than $3,500 a day. That's a small price to pay, he argues, to keep the low-price tickets out of the hands of potential AirAsia customers and to foster ill will toward his competitor. (Fernandes contends that this has not damaged his business in Thailand.) "I buy them and throw them away," Udom says, adding, "I didn't expect this dogfight to be so serious...
...Bialystock, brought to the show, milking every line for laughs that even Brooks may not have known were there. This time, Brooks makes do with an array of competent Broadway vets. Roger Bart (the gay assistant in The Producers) is likable, but only that, as Dr. Frankenstein. Sutton Foster, one of Broadway's song-and-dance wonders, seems to be slumming as the Swedish bombshell Inga, a part any one of a dozen actresses could have played. The dizzy Megan Mullally (of Will and Grace) seems wrong as the doctor's uptight fiancé. Andrea Martin, that SCTV...