Word: parliament
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...corporate earnings reports. The U.S. markets' best chance to shake off their October blues is the passage of a bank rescue package in Japan. And while Tokyo has been something of a watched pot on the subject for almost a year now, some encouraging action Tuesday in the Japanese parliament has raised the prospect of the measures becoming law by Friday. And that has visions of a global economic recovery dancing in Wall Street watchers' heads...
...opinionated. You have accused the Prime Minister of condoning crony capitalism, nepotism and corruption and have painted him as a dictator who has oppressed his people. Such a despicable person would be deeply hated. But Mahathir is a well-loved leader among Malaysians. Remember, he was democratically elected to Parliament and to the presidency of his party. By consensus within the ruling coalition, he leads the other parties in government. The wily Mahathir has never been too proud to ask for advice. And in this, he has been well served; he has some of the most competent economic advisers...
...warning to a defiant President Slobodan Milosevic Friday, NATO's attack plan still has a few steps to go. The Western alliance needs its 16 members to sign an "activation order," which mandates the generals to give the attack order. That can't happen before Germany's new parliament convenes, which is unlikely to be before Monday. And then there's the matter of getting a signature out of Italy, whose government collapsed Friday. "Despite resigning, Romano Prodi could sign the order on his way out, but he may be reluctant to do so if he thinks it'll impede...
NATO's launchpad for air strikes on Kosovo just got a little shakier: Italy's 55th government in 53 years collapsed Friday, after the country's parliament unexpectedly voted out Prime Minister Romano Prodi. But no matter who replaces Prodi, Italy is unlikely to deviate from its commitments to either NATO or the European Union. It was Prodi's economic austerity program that brought down his government, but his successor will be forced to adopt the same policies to comply with European Monetary Union membership requirements. "The government was brought down by a single member of a 625-seat parliament...
...construction could begin soon on another outsize and controversial millennial project: a $42 million Earth Tower rising on wooden struts, bisected by restaurant and exhibition space and crowned by a floral halo of metallic petals. At 650 ft.--a height that will require passage of a special law in parliament--it would command stunning vistas comparable to those of the Eiffel and Montparnasse. Meanwhile, the Pompidou Center, with one of the biggest collections of 20th century paintings, is scheduled to reopen its doors at midnight Jan. 1, 2000, after being partly closed since September 1997 for a complete renovation...