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...surprisingly, local government has offered to stump up €450 million of the project's €4.7 billion construction costs. For European leaders lobbying in force for the wavering U.S. vote this week, there's more to the ITER than bringing power to the people. Disappearing Act Japanese electronics giant Toshiba launched printer ink that becomes invisible when heated by a new desktop machine, allowing paper to be reused. (Don't try it with this magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

Almost every airline and hotel chain touts a loyalty card. Taking that concept a giant step forward, Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, is offering jet-setters memberships in a card scheme whose benefits can be enjoyed across the entire country. Last month, Thaksin welcomed 80 high-flying businessmen as inaugural members of the Thailand Elite Privilege Club. For a one-off lifetime fee of $25,000, the millionaires were each presented with a Thailand Elite card entitling them to discounts on Thai Airways and at Thailand's best hotels, free golf at a slew of courses, free spa treatments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trump Card | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...ACSR threw unanimous support behind a proposal that oil giant ExxonMobil “review its policies related to human rights,” and the CCSR followed suit with a vote in favor of the measure...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In Proxy Votes, Harvard Abstains on Warming | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

Quokka: My favorite Australian cuddly critter. Some dub it a cuter, smaller kangaroo; the cruel observer might describe it as a knee-high giant...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Australian Slang from A to Zed | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...themes (read: crime and violence, including titles such as Grand Theft Auto 3). While Nintendo still emphasizes the family-friendly nature of its products, it's since brought out more mature games but it is struggling to convince consumers it is anything but a toymaker. At this fall's giant Tokyo Game Show, Konami, one of the largest game producers, introduced 23 PlayStation games?but only three for GameCube. "Our target is high school students and older, not Nintendo's grade school demographics," says Minako Gotoh, an executive at FromSoftware, which currently makes 15 titles for the PlayStation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Console Wars: Game On | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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