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...acknowledging the problem. He has accepted, for example, a rare move by Mexico's Federal Competition Commission to block Telmex from expanding into cable television until it allows all competitors to be smoothly hooked up to its telecom services. And he is lifting his charitable profile, announcing he'll pour $10 billion over the next four years into his health- and education-related Fundacion Carso. Business and philanthropy experts alike hope these developments will help prime the pump not only in Mexico but throughout Latin America, where economic competition and charitable giving have abysmal histories. Slim may not have much...
...after an eight-and-a-half-hour standoff - the doors of the bus opened to cheers from the crowds and children began to pour out. In the door of the bus, Jun Ducat - with what looked like a submachine gun slung under his arm - and an accomplice could be seen delicately handling what appeared to be hand grenades and passing them out to police. The two men were rushed into a police van and immediately whisked away to headquarters. This time, officers say, charges will be filed against them...
...Democratic lawmakers in Texas argue that the change would boost the influence of Hispanic voters on the nomination process. Their Republican counterparts tout the change as a way for Texans to get more bang for the considerable bucks they pour into Presidential politics. But in the end, if state legislators in both parties decide to make the change, it may have little to do with national politics. "It's an incumbent protection act," says Harvey Kronberg, editor of The Quorum Report, a nonpartisan Austin-based political newsletter. "An early February primary means that challengers will have to file in early...
When Poland was admitted to the European Union, politicians across Europe viewed the prospect of Poles moving into their countries with xenophobic disdain. In 2005, Philippe de Villiers, leader of France's Euro-skeptic Mouvement pour la France, darkly warned of the "Polish plumber and Estonian architect" triggering "the demolition of France's social and economic model." Before the E.U. admitted 10 new members in 2004, populist fears of unwashed hordes stealing jobs from locals led most of the old E.U. countries, including Germany, Austria and France, to seal their labor markets. In the end, only three...
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