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...assertive stance vis-a-vis the U.S. and the pliant posture of Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin was always more popular in the West than he was among his countrymen, especially as they felt the effects of his reforms on their standard of living and watched their country's geopolitical status plummet in as little as five years from that of superpower to that of a harmless family drunk...
...Other experts point out that Skilling's credibility has already been damaged over charges of insider trading. He and his ex-wife Susan and soon-to-be-wife Rebecca all unloaded millions of dollars' worth of stock when Enron's fortunes started to plummet. When the prosecution pressed him about the coincidence, Skilling denied talking to them about the company's fortunes, testimony that his ex-wife confirmed, somewhat unconvincingly, in court. (The jury tittered when she said she "didn't pay much attention" to her ex.) "They directly impeached him on insider trading. His story's just not credible...
...hotter globe. Ocean currents running between warm and cold regions serve as natural thermoregulators, distributing heat from the equator toward the poles. The Gulf Stream, carrying warmth up from the tropics, is what keeps Europe's climate relatively mild. Whenever Europe is cut off from the Gulf Stream, temperatures plummet. At the end of the last ice age, the warm current was temporarily blocked, and temperatures in Europe fell as much as 10°F, locking the continent in glaciers...
...rest easy. Yes, selling digital music involves no manufacturing and distribution costs, which should boost margins. But there are other new costs, including credit-card fees and IT equipment. EMI, for example, has invested over $130 million in technology to manage digital sales. And CD sales continue to plummet. Globally, retail sales sank about 8% last year, to just below $31 billion. Illegal downloading has not disappeared. ifpi says 885 million music files are available online for illegal downloading. In Britain and Germany, Europe's two biggest markets, 6% of Internet users buy legal music online, while 5% engage...
...Yale and Dartmouth give them the slight edge over the other two. 7. DARTMOUTH The Big Green got into the win column the hard way, taking a Saturday night Ivy road game against the woeful Lions. 8. COLUMBIA Another promising start to the season has led to another disappointing plummet to the bottom of the league standings...