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...competition grows, European firms are under pressure to trim costs. Private-equity transactions--in which investors buy up a company using substantial amounts of debt, overhaul operations, then sell out after a few years--have been common for years in the U.S. and Britain. They used to be the rare exception in continental Europe, where financial leverage has long been frowned on and relationships with investors were based on tradition. No longer...
...jobs last year, bringing the total number they employ to more than 1 million. At a time when unemployment in France is close to 10% and the government is introducing one program after another in an effort to deal with it, private-equity firms provide a rare glimmer of hope...
Sometimes, a walk through rural Japan may include almost as many encounters with vending machines and power lines as a stroll through central Tokyo. Unsullied landscape is rare, and few urban Japanese, let alone foreigners, would know where to find it. That's where Walk Japan (walkjapan.com) steps in. Founded by an English professor of public policy and a Canadian professor of Japanese?both with decades of experience in Japan?Walk Japan specializes in guided hikes through the country's remaining pristine wilderness. The company's newest tour is the seven-day, six-night Kunisaki trip, which follows the ancient...
...rare cases, medicine used to treat Parkinson's disease may trigger compulsive gambling, say Mayo Clinic doctors, who reported the effect in 11 patients in the Archives of Neurology. One patient squandered $100,000 before he was taken off the meds and lost his taste for games of chance...
...legal trouble, that still leaves the question of means and ends. Although Democrats deplored what they viewed as an Administration attempt to silence its critics, to the intelligence community what mattered was that in the course of political warfare, a spy had been sacrificed. Plame was one of the rare operatives to become an NOC, that is, a CIA employee who operates under nonofficial cover. Such officers, who may pose as businesspeople or students, have no diplomatic immunity and so are much more vulnerable if caught spying. They often work abroad for U.S. companies that have secret agreements with...