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...potent political issue. With international communications costs falling rapidly, customer-service centers are obvious candidates for a move. But more skilled jobs such as computer programming and bookkeeping are also being targeted for export. With unions fuming over the potential loss of jobs, some European governments are anxious to limit offshoring. "People are scared," Nicolas Sarkozy, the French Finance Minister, told TIME (see President in Waiting?). He wants France to take the lead in discouraging offshoring where possible. As well as the call centers decree, still under discussion, Sarkozy is using tax subsidies to encourage firms to locate operations...
...right. "She's been central to my life and my career for 17 years," Sarkozy says. "Why should I pretend otherwise?" Throughout his career, Sarkozy has impressed colleagues and voters with his refreshing mix of intelligence, straight talk and ideology-free pragmatism. "The rigidities of ideology limit your choices when the best solutions might involve a mix: more liberalism where best, intervention when necessary," he explains. But that mix can seem a bit muddled at times. Behold the believer in free markets. As Finance Minister, on Sept. 1, Sarkozy decided to sell off a €4.6-billion chunk of France...
...transparent form of water, which for precautionary reasons has been made unavailable to customers.” No one from the company was present to acknowledge the award, but Hershbach used his chemical expertise to explain the magnitude of the achievement. Dasani, he said, had twice the legal limit of toxic bromates...
Between 20 and 30 fellowships are awarded every year, although there is no limit to the number of fellowships the MacArthur Foundation can award...
When the debit restriction was imposed this summer, McLoughlin said the dean’s office wanted to increase accountability and limit the chances for student fraud. The College also now requires both the president and treasurer of a group to sign off on checks, a decision that still stands...