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...resold, he believes people will understand that private equity is a positive force. "We are important actors, and we are creating value, we are creating jobs, and we are developing firms. Little by little, that message is getting through," he says. Perhaps, but the Europeans are still on the lookout for locusts. --Reported by Daren Fonda and Barbara Kiviat/New York
...California, which grows 80% of the U.S. crop, has produced a spectacular jump in the price of the fruit and turned the state's groves into a prime target for rustlers. While newly installed fences guard against intruders, plane and helicopter patrols circle overhead. They are on the lookout for rustlers, who have made off with thousands of pounds of the lucrative fruit. The thefts could cost producers up to $3 million by next October. So far, though, no one has been caught...
...Baseball SportsBlogs Nation sbnation.com Home base for nearly two-dozen baseball blogs, most of them devoted to specific teams. There's Lookout Landing (for Seattle Mariners fans), Fish Stripes (about the Florida Marlins) and Amazin' Avenue (Mets), as well as the terrific Beyond the Box Score and John Sickel's Minor League Ball. And each one has a diary where readers can chime in-a feature SportsBlogs Nation co-founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga ported over from his popular (leftie) political blog, Daily Kos. If you blog about a team not yet represented here, make yourself known-score a spot...
...Search Clusty www.clusty.com Google, Yahoo and MSN dominate search, but we're always on the lookout for an innovative approach. This metasearch engine from Vivisimo clusters results by sub-category to help you zero in on what you need-an approach AOL will take on the new aol.com, launching in July (see sidebar). For more cool new search tech, try Grokker, where Yahoo Search query results are displayed as a circular...
...example, suspended on steel ropes more than 8 m above ground between two beeches, is designed to resemble a ship. The one-room, 7-sq-m dwelling, on the grounds of a livery stable near Bremen, serves as the owner's weekend retreat. It boasts a glass-topped lookout, terrace and hatch-door entry, as well as heating and electricity. So if you have the urge to nest, look out for a suitable tree, or plant one right away-in 20 years' time, it may be ready for your own house...