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...Logan of the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA). But with oil in short supply?currently, producers are pumping just 1 million barrels more than the 81 million barrels being consumed worldwide every day?growing demand from China is clearly having an unwelcome impact. The country accounted for about one-third of the increase in world oil consumption this year, more than any other single nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Quest for Oil | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...profits would be lower than expected, in part because it was stepping up its own ad spending. P&G has a heck of a head start. The company spent $202 million on toothpaste advertising last year in the U.S., a 76% increase over the year before, while Colgate spent one-third as much, $67 million, only 5% more than it spent in 2002. But Colgate's problems may not be so easily brushed away. P&G is also stealing market share in places like Mexico and China, and other companies, like Church & Dwight, which owns Mentadent toothpaste, are making inroads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRIEFING: Down 'n' Dental | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

With nearly one-third of the football season under our belt, this seems like the time to issue the heady reminder that, when it comes to Ancient Eight games, the impossible is not only achievable but sometimes it’s even likely...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: In Ivy Football, Nothing is Certain | 10/5/2004 | See Source »

According to Sam M. Simon ’06, the communications director of the College Dems, the group has successfully enlisted one-third of all first-years through the Freshman Activities Fair and the dorm storm...

Author: By Monica M. Clark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Dems Storm the Yard | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...time, given that the Labor alternatives have been miserable. According to a Newspoll published last week, 58% of those questioned said Howard was more capable of handling the Australian economy (Latham was preferred by 27%). Since the conservative government was elected in March 1996, the economy has grown by one-third. Unemployment has fallen from 8.5% to 5.7%. Mortgage rates have dropped from 10.5% to 6.5%. Inflation has been sleeping in a hammock, slung at a rate of 2-3%, for a decade. That's the good news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Can Keep the Good Times Rolling? | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

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