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...challenge the big boys. Most of all, major Asian airlines have much lower costs than their American and European counterparts, allowing them to compete more easily. In Europe, for example, no-frills airlines have costs 60% lower than major airlines; in Asia, HSBC Securities estimates that the gap can be held...
...Economic Cooperation and Development (O.E.C.D.). How do high taxes drag down the rest of the economy? Look at the "tax wedge" - the difference between what it costs to employ a worker (wages and social-security charges) and the worker's take-home pay. In Belgium and Germany, this gap peaked at more than 50% last year. In other words, a single person without children, like Moser, on average took home less than half of what her employers paid to employ her. France, Austria, Sweden and Italy were close behind, with tax wedges on or above 45%. Taking away such...
Harvard launched its sprint, a newly-discovered strength during the World Cup, 650 meters out, but was unable to close the gap entirely, losing by two thirds of a length...
According to Webb, the Crimson let loose with close to an all-out sprint for 700 meters—close to two minutes long—first closing the open-water gap, then pulling to within half a length...
Reagan was not a saint. He traded illegal arms to the contra militia in Nicaragua. He increased the gap between rich and poor in the U.S. He supported a racist regime in South Africa and shamefully allowed tens of thousands of Americans to suffer from AIDS while his Administration turned its back on the epidemic. That's the Reagan I remember and will tell my children about. BRIAN BLANK Chicago...