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...market flexibility and reform failing pension systems. How governments respond to this wave of strikes - and other walkouts that are still to come - will help determine how their economies weather the economic slump. In the rough-and-ready camp are British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his French counterpart, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Last week Blair offered a deal to state healthcare workers for a pay rise tied to reforms, but refused wage demands by striking firefighters unless they modernize. Raffarin scored an important victory by threatening tough action against strikers who break the law. As a result, industrial action...
...Mary Jean Brown, the author of the study and an assistant professor of maternal and child health, said the costs arise from medical care, special education and the loss in productivity—stemming from a drop in IQ—which are associated with prolonged exposure to lead paint...
...Jean is a columnist for MONEY magazine. You can e-mail her at moneytalk@moneymail.com
...animated IFAC President Ren? Ricol took charge of the defense, exhorting fellow double-entry doyens to share "a passion for the quality of accounts and their audit; for taxation, for information systems, for management controls and systems." I liked Ricol, whose public speaking style is reminiscent of the electrifying Jean Chr?tien, who is not an accountant but is Canadian. When I gave Ricol the chance to bash greedy Americans for besmirching accounting, he demurred. "And I'm French," he added. "We know the French always enjoy to criticize the Americans." His bonhomie was revolutionary; he was a veritable Lafayette...
...think that’s probably the biggest mystery at Brown,” said Brown coach Jean Marie Burr. “We lost Rada—she’s playing in England now. The next spot is open...