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...minority view. The government hard-line was seen by business executives and analysts as a political power struggle, not a reassertion of the Kremlin's invisible hand in guiding the economy. The clout of the siloviki, President Vladimir Putin's coterie of security and military associates who retain a Soviet-style attachment to state economic control, was downplayed. Yukos, it was thought, would be allowed to pay its tax bills by handing over its 35% share in another oil company, Sibneft. Putin himself encouraged such optimism, saying in mid-June that the state had no interest in bankrupting Yukos...
Freadhoff said Harvard has known about the investigation into Capital Research for several months and has not wavered in its desire to retain Rothenberg’s services...
Until a front runner emerges, it's probably too early to act. In any case, you shouldn't let politics trump fundamentals like earnings and valuation. Remember that no matter who is President, the House and Senate are likely to retain Republican majorities and will have a lot to say about what gets done. That means a Kerry win might not have as much impact as you would expect...
...Euro-skeptics behind them and want to preserve national sovereignty without turning their backs on the constitution. British Prime Minister Tony Blair managed to win on the "red line" issues crucial to the U.K.'s sense of self. Under the new constitution, E.U. member states will still retain a national veto in foreign policy, taxation and social affairs. (That means France and Germany, to cite a hypothetical example, couldn't demand a uniform rate of income tax over Britain's or Poland's wishes.) Once a general foreign policy initiative is decided unanimously, however, details of how to implement...
...finest comic anthology ever put together. Ware's talents as designer and editor have turned "McSweeney's" issue 13 into a work of extraordinary depth and beauty. It culminates his efforts at moving the public's idea of comic books from consumable juvenilia to museum-worthy artworks that still retain their puerile edge. (Ware's work has appeared in both the 2002 Whitney Biennial and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.) This will be the standard that future books must meet...