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...free. (Environmentalists believe forcing utilities to pay for carbon permits accelerates emissions reductions, but utilities complain about the expense.) The pullback showed that for all of Europe's ambitious goals on climate change, it is hardly united on the issue, with the poorer East far less eager to embrace rapid reductions. That's the same daunting divide the world as a whole faces - and if the E.U. can't stay united, it doesn't bode well for the rest of us. (Read "How to Win the War on Global Warming...
...province. Among them is Zhang Dingli, 36, who worked in a toy factory for a decade. But in early November, the plant closed. He is a victim of an economic transition - a move away from the low-end, low-wage, export-oriented manufacturing on which much of China's rapid growth was built - that has been made more urgent by the global economic crisis. As China's double-digit growth rate plummets, thousands of factories are being shut down and millions of workers are being thrown onto the streets. They will need jobs in the years to come...
That's why Donahoe, a Whitman hire at both eBay and Bain, where he spent more than 20 years, eventually becoming its CEO, carried out a series of rapid-fire changes. He emphasized, for example, fixed-price sales over auctions and got his mitts on the hands-off approach that has defined eBay for years. Many wonder whether the 12-year-old auction giant will emerge with the same DNA once Dennis the Menace departs. "Donahoe has introduced more changes in the last six months than we've seen in the last six years," says Jack Sheng, chief executive...
...avenue to potentially put your self in uniform, and play in games on the varsity.”The move to suit up Groszyk with the Varsity most likely signals both the importance of the JV program and Amaker’s respect for Groszyk’s rapid recuperation and improvement. He made his long-overdue return Nov. 29 against Army in the final minute. Four days later, he was back in uniform against Boston University, seeing the floor for the end of the game as well. His coach hinted there may be more sightings of Groszyk throughout...
...understand what students wanted” and that he brings the “advocacy experience” necessary to hit the ground running should he take office. He has shied away from addressing neither his Club affiliation nor the Girl Talk debacle. In his rapid-fire manner, he is able to outline members of the College administration, University administration, and the student body who will be able to bring his plans to fruition. But the question of which facets of his track record will stand out to voters remains to be answered this weekend...