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...export of thousands of vehicles over the next two years to the world's fastest-growing car market Strike Up The Broadband T-Online, Europe 's largest Internet service provider, posted a quarterly net profit of -3 million - the first since it floated in April 2000 - thanks to a rapid increase in the number of its broadband subscribers. Candid Camera Phones South Korea 's government called on cell-phone manufacturers to fit picture phones with an audible beep that would sound each time an image was snapped, to prevent illicit shots being taken...
...acceptable, but what can—or, rather, what will—be done to improve Harvard’s dismal workout facilities. It would be tempting to charge the new Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 with the responsibility of ensuring rapid renovations to the substandard facilities currently on offer. Gross, who has shown a commendable eagerness to dive into projects to improve the quality of undergraduate life, most notably the proposed changes to Hilles Library, would seem to be a perfect...
...dependably moral than the White House wonks of NBC's The West Wing (Wednesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.). That was the vision of Aaron Sorkin, the series' creator and producer, who wrote or heavily rewrote nearly every episode for four seasons. When Sorkin left last spring--taking the show's rapid-fire, talking-while-walking voice with him--many thought that Wing, already sinking in the ratings, was doomed. But the ratings have firmed, and in some ways the show is better. Producer John Wells, now heading up the writers' team, kept the core of Sorkin's show but toned down...
...appropriate and would personally reimburse any investors who lost money because of his trading.) In a separate move, Putnam Investments became the first firm to be charged in the industry-wide investigation when the Securities and Exchange Commission and Massachusetts regulators filed suit claiming the company had condoned rapid trading by at least six of its fund managers...
RESIGNED. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, 77, autocratic Malaysian Prime Minister; as expected, after a 22-year tenure during which he spearheaded the largely Muslim nation's rapid transformation from a tin-and rubber-producing backwater to a high-tech exporter but also diminished the judiciary, censored the media and intimidated the opposition. He promoted a moderate brand of Islam, but his last days in office were overshadowed by his statements disparaging Jews...