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...crisscrossed the state. And while Coakley was taking time off, he was on the air early with upbeat ads - one of which even compared him to John F. Kennedy. On the stump, he promised to change the way things get done in Washington - sounding a note similar to one that helped get Obama elected 14 months earlier. (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time...
...debilitating it or harming the overall economic recovery. "While the authorities aim to contain property-price increases, they are highly mindful of the importance of stability in the sector, as it bears upon consumption and employment," Jing Ulrich, managing director of China equities for JPMorgan, wrote in a research note. It's a tricky balancing act. But it's a task the other countries still struggling to emerge from the global downturn would envy...
...more serious note, at Notre Dame, The Observer printed a cartoon on Jan. 13 that many considered offensive to the LGBT community. The comic strip has since been discontinued, and Observer Assistant Managing Editor Kara King, who said she takes responsibility for allowing it to run, resigned Jan. 17 in a letter to the Notre Dame community...
...persistence should pay dividends. While the Illinois-based firm has looked sickly in recent quarters, Cadbury has shone. The British business boasts "dominant positions, strong emerging market exposure and the potential for massive margin improvements," Andrew Wood, an analyst with the financial firm Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday. "Kraft," he added, "will benefit from all of Cadbury's strengths." And at a knockdown price. Bagging the firm for a value equivalent to 13 times Cadbury's profit before tax and other deductions amounts to the cheapest food-industry takeover in more than a decade...
Thanks to Laura Fitzpatrick for mentioning my initiative to name this decade the Unies in her Brief History [Dec. 28--Jan. 4]. It is nice to see people taking note of the efforts being put into finding an appropriate way to refer to the 2000s. The "unification of the Unies" is also a great phrase to describe what happened during the past 10 years, as we saw the world become a smaller place. We saw the rise of Twitter, blogs, Facebook, MySpace and Wikipedia. We have more ways to communicate. During this decade, we became more unified...