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...said she rejected other businesses that sought to lease the site. “We were approached by so many people—all of the usual things, Chinese food, cell phone stores,” Cahaly said. But Lizzy’s, she said, “is perfect.” “I was really looking for a family kind of attraction. Who doesn’t like ice cream?” she said. “There really isn’t any after-hours place. In the summer it will be wonderful...
...Dubai Ports deal and voted against the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Act in the 2000s. "I think we've pushed too far in the direction of unfettered markets," says Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prizewinning economist who chaired Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers. "Markets aren't perfect. They don't deal with security issues, for example. And though President Clinton tried to emphasize it, we didn't do enough to address the impact of globalization on the American middle class...
...billion bid from E.ON late last year - and British Gas owner Centrica could both come under the hammer. And after its plan for Suez "blew up in its face," as one Italian energy analyst sees it, Enel, too, may bid for assets in Britain. Is there a perfect number of players that would make the European energy market competitive? "There will be a small number of energy companies that play a Europe-wide role," suggested E.ON chief executive Wulf Bernotat - a view echoed by some independent experts. Graham Weale, in a white paper published last month by consultants Global Insight...
...revive. We know that we have given Iraqis a chance to decide their own destiny through politics rather than murder and that civil war is still avoidable. We know that the enemies of democracy in Iraq will not stop there if they succeed. And we know that no perfect war has ever been fought, and no victory ever won, without the risk of defeat. Despair, in other words, is too easy now. And it too is a form of irresponsibility...
...modern lives requires us to give up ephemeral and empty value-association on others and ourselves based on brands. You can call it futile, but there is a romance about lost wars. You can call it hypocritical, as this very article mentions brands. After all, Lent becomes the perfect time to realize that Louis Vuitton bag will also go back…to ashes...