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...favor of the war at its outset, much of our opposition was rooted in the fear that invading and destabilizing Iraq would ultimately make America less secure. We had severe misgivings about this administration—so influenced by extreme ideologues—and we doubted its resolve to invest properly in the foundations of a new nation...
...realize that moving on from oil is something we must do sooner rather than later. That’s a no-brainer. The real question is whether bankers, energy companies and, most importantly, investors will start taking renewable energy and other resources seriously before it is too late to invest and turn ourselves around...
...Given Electra's taste in men, invest in tattoos...
...EVANS, 77, computer scientist who led the development of a new class of mainframe computers during the industry's fledgling days, transforming the basic architecture of computers and substantially reducing the cost of powerful computing; in Hillsborough, Calif. As an engineering manager at IBM, he convinced the company to invest more than $5 billion in the new system, opening five plants and hiring 60,000 employees. The risky undertaking paid off, as the famous 360s--named after the number of degrees in a circle--helped turn IBM into a data-processing power soon after their introduction...
...corporate outlook is beginning to brighten. A worldwide survey of 513 business executives by consultant Ernst & Young recently ranked Germany the third most attractive country in which to invest, behind China and the U.S. Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank reported healthy profits in the first three months of 2004, after heavy losses for the same period last year, a sign that German banks can succeed by cutting excess retail staff and pruning bad debt. Media companies like Axel Springer, publisher of Bild and Die Welt, are bouncing back from a crippling advertising drought. Companies are winning important labor concessions. Siemens...