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...controlled (like all papers in China) by the Communist Party - that "we feel good enough now [about Microsoft's position in China]," adding, "But it's a 20-year [journey], and not just three years." While Bing has yet to make a dent in China - its market share is less than 1% - Mundie stated the obvious when he said the company stood to gain share in Google's wake. And, he couldn't help adding, "Microsoft is here to stay...
...stand. Numerous sources says both Sohu.com - a Yahoo!-like website founded by MIT graduate Charles Zhang - and a hugely successful instant-messaging company called Tencent Holdings are already aggressively trying to hire Google China staff. (Google China declined to comment.) Neither has much of a presence in search, with less than 1% of the market each. But the two companies were investing significantly in search even before Google's ultimatum in January, and are now obviously even more determined to take on Baidu...
...Garat points out that had the CITES measure passed, Japan would have taken a reservation, opting out of the ban. Other countries would still be prohibited from trading with Japan, but with those $50-per-kilo ticket prices, less scrupulous nations might have been enticed into breaking the agreement. "It would have only increased the black market, and the countries that would have been most hurt by it would be the ones following the law - which is to say the European Union," Garat adds. (See "Hunting for Tuna: The Environmental Peril Grows...
Friedman was one of the most important economists during the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, he explains his approach to economic policy, which includes more emphasis on personal freedom and market mechanisms and less emphasis on centralized governmental solutions. This book is always one of the favorites of students in my freshman seminar. Both those who agree with it and those who don't appreciate Friedman's straightforward, logical prose...
With the increase, Harvard will join several other Ivy League institutions with costs upwards of $50,000. Of the seven who have announced the price of tuition next year, only two of the Ancient Eight—Yale and Princeton—offer total costs of less than $50,000, with Princeton boasting the least expensive Ivy League education...