Word: laborities
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...vendetta. But a simple antitrust law is where we must start. Democracies must have equilibrium ... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized. What will be your first priority as Prime Minister? The absolute priority is the relaunching of the economy. We will start by reducing labor costs in a very targeted way, and at the same time we will send a very clear message to the worldwide markets that we have a strategy for reducing the deficit and trimming the national debt. Demographically and otherwise, Italy is among the oldest countries in the world...
...instincts. If everything in his experience tells your doctor that the lump on the back of your hand is a ganglion and not a malignant tumor, it may not make sense to run the risk that goes with surgical excision. If your baby is born after a very long labor but shows no sign of infection, then agreeing to a spinal tap just to be sure may not always be worth the risk...
...past year, Saigon has seen some new competition for foreign dollars. As international corporations seek alternatives to China's rising labor costs, Vietnam's north-where wages are cheaper than both southern Vietnam and coastal China-is starting to reap the benefits of slow but steady free-market reforms. Last year, Hanoi for the first time overtook Ho Chi Minh City in FDI, capturing $1.6 billion of the total $6.2 billion. Saigon's share was $738 million. In the past five years, numerous foreign manufacturers have set up shop in the capital, among them Fujitsu, LG Electronics and Daewoo. "People...
...Government Out of Touch Re "A Strange Kind of Revolution" [April 3], author Jacques Marseille's essay on the French protests over the youth labor law: Among the many problems that France has, one is an élitist government. Too few of the ministers during the past 30 years have come up through the ranks from an ordinary background. They form a modern-day monarchical court. The buildings they work in are palatial, the apartments they live in are sumptuous, and the schools they attend to reach such lofty heights are prestigious. Their grasp of the realities of the average...
...furnishings the TUTTO cocktail bar, tel: (41-43) 818 2391, is as good a simulacrum of the 1960s as you'll find. The chandeliers and red velvet at BASILICA, tel: (41-43) 366 9383, take revelers back to an even older era. More contemporary interiors are found at the LABOR BAR, tel: (41-44) 272 4402, backdrop to local TV celebrity Kurt Aeschbacher's chat show, or at HARD ONE, tel: (41-44) 444 1000, a slick rooftop lounge. Among the area's many good dance clubs are ROHSTOFFLAGER, tel: (41-44) 439 9090, and CLUB...