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Attorney Harvey A. Silverglate, who co-founded the non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), said that if the University is responsible for leaving the box accessible, it may be legally negligent...
...Trump critic at the investment firm Roffman Miller. The cash-starved casinos are run down and have been losing customers to newer outfits like the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which opened last year. Since selling initial shares to the public in 1995, Trump Hotels has never recorded an annual profit and the stock has fallen 84%. If Trump gets the deal he wants to recapitalize the company, existing shareholders may get wiped...
...people on the planet likely to enjoy Twisted, branded them a focus group and gave the movie a green light. The movie failed to recoup even half its budget. Most of the movies in this week’s top ten will fail to make their studios a profit until every last cent has been squeezed out of merchandising and television broadcast rights. With such an inefficient business model, it’s amazing that the system remains unyielding...
...what is Amenga-Etego's alternative? He champions a community government model that breaks with the conventional wisdom that water systems should be run either solely by the state (often at a loss and providing poor service) or by the private sector (at a profit, providing better service but only for those who can afford it). Under Amenga-Etego's model, the government supplies a town with bulk water, and the local community handles distribution, tariff collection and maintenance. Local management makes the system more accountable, he believes: "It's putting power back into people's hands. Water is life...
...stringer for TIME in his native St. Louis, Mo., and later worked for TIME and LIFE in cities across the U.S. In 1954 he took the helm at Time Inc.'s new magazine devoted to sports, which was viewed by many as a risky endeavor but became a profit-making venture after 10 years...