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...CEOs and directors in coming years as they strive to improve management and compete on a global scale. But the process will be painfully slow. Many major Asian firms are controlled by families or a single dominant shareholder, patriarchs who feel little pressure from minority shareholders to bring in fresh blood, no matter how badly the company may be performing. Sony is an exception?its directors and senior executives hold just 0.12% of the stock, which is widely traded in Tokyo and New York...
...With $60 a month considered a generous wage for a fresh, up-country reporter, the temptation to leverage one's press card is considerable. The system, says Espina-Varona, "is not just saying, 'Let's be a little tolerant of corruption.' It's actually saying, 'This is what you have to do in order to exist.'" Even if there were no economic concerns, it's hard to remain politically aloof in a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and local strongmen-from mayoral candidates to logging magnates to crime bosses-are often eager to win over the local press...
...cemeteries cannot take any more burials. The problem is partly a result of a macabre Greek tradition. Burial plots are rented for three years, after which the grave is dug up to check that the body has fully decomposed. If it has, the plot can be released for a fresh burial; if not, the lease is extended for another year. After that, the remains are reinterred in shallower or mass graves to open space for other burials. Bodies are taking longer to break down, a result, says Katrivanou, of "the food and medicine that the average person now consumes, plus...
Just when you thought life couldn’t get any better, someone invented a vending machine that puts out—fresh, hot pizza. Could there be anything sexier...
Feldstein—like Mankiw—came to Ec 10 in 1984, fresh from a two-year chairmanship of the Council of Economic Advisors. He also served as former President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisor, drawing criticism from inside the administration for stressing the need to stem the budget deficit...