Word: globalization
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...prospects any harm. While Barclays and HSBC have both benefited from taxpayer loans or guarantees - part of a $2 trillion package of state and central-bank aid doled out to Britain's lenders - both "have worked hard on their balance sheets," says Simon Maughan, a banking analyst at MF Global brokerage in London. Having tapped Middle East investors last year in an effort to bolster its capital base, Barclays agreed in June to sell the investment unit BGI to U.S. fund manager BlackRock for $13 billion. HSBC, for its part, pulled in close to $18 billion in a bumper-rights...
MUMBAI, India — As the Copenhagen Conference approaches in December, the Obama Administration is aggressively trying to lay the framework for an international agreement to combat climate change through global diplomacy. Hillary Clinton’s visit to India a few weeks ago shows the challenge of constructing an effective agreement. While she emphasized the importance of protecting the environment, India flatly stated its opposition to accepting any form of binding emissions cuts. As a developing nation that has played a very small part in producing the climate mess that the world now faces, India?...
...were in their “developing” states centuries ago. Emissions limits could stunt the growth of these nations. However, countries such as India and Bangladesh also have the most to lose from the effects of climate change. The developing world will face the overwhelming brunt of global warming’s repercussions, bearing the burden of everything from drought to flood, population dislocation, wars over natural resources, and border disputes...
Judd, born in Los Angeles in 1968, held key roles in "Heat," "Double Jeopardy," and "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." She is also an active humanitarian, having served on the board of directors for healthcare nonprofit Population Services International since 2004. She was also Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, the organization's HIV education and prevention program, and has traveled to a number of developing countries, including Thailand, Madagascar, and Rwanda...
What's an example of when you've challenged a professor? I had one international politics class where the professor was obsessed with global warming. It's all he talked about. So one day I raised my hand and said, "In the '70s we heard about global cooling, and now it's global warming. Who's right?" Other students are really looking for someone to say [professors' views] aren't the only idea out there. I feel like sometimes schools are teaching young people what to think and not how to think. (Read "The Global Warming Survival Guide...