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...people died a few kilometers outside Kandahar when a bus hit a land mine apparently planted by antigovernment extremists. The previous day, police in Kabul arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned a series of car bombings against international peacekeeping forces. Adding to the sense of gloom, a U.S. Army MH?60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed last week?apparently accidentally?during a nighttime training mission. All four crew members were killed...
EUROBLUES So Sue Me The courts have not been kind to Mario Monti and the European Commission, overturning three of his merger-busting decisions last year, including a union of packagers Tetra Laval and Sidel, and a linkup between travel firms Airtours and First Choice. So the gloom in Brussels must have been thick as a lawyer's wallet when it emerged that another thwarted suitor, France's Schneider Electric, is suing the Commission for more than €1 billion over its blocked bid for rival Legrand. Schneider had completed the €5.4 billion deal for Legrand when the Commission...
...Gathering Gloom...
...somber month, and these are scary times. Perhaps it’s easier not to remember Rita Hester today, it’s easier not to dwell on the twenty-five known victims of anti-transgender violence since the last Day of Remembrance. But notwithstanding the November gloom and the warplanes winging their way eastward, today we must remember...
...inevitable - a supremacy battle between Mack and Grübel - seems to have taken a back seat. "For now, I think it works better to have two people," says Kalbermatten. But he asserts that later "the leadership structure may change." In the meantime, Mack is using the current gloom as an opportunity. "If this were a bull market or a stronger market," he says, "I wouldn't be able to make the changes that I'm making." Now that's looking at the bright side...