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This latter practice is now under intense scrutiny. Several big banking firms have announced that their top dogs will get no bonuses this year and that their future compensation will be structured to allow clawbacks of gains from bets that turn bad. It's not yet a sea change, though...
Bacon works in dessert for the same reason peanut butter works with chocolate, or sea salt with caramel. Salt brings out the depth of flavor in desserts (try eating a salt-free brownie), and fatty foods are often cut by sweetness, like foie gras with Sauternes or fried chicken with honey...
Bush's monuments will go a long way toward closing that gap, though their success will depend on how well the protections work. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument officially bans any material that might damage corals or sea life, but ocean currents still sweep 57 tons of garbage a year into the protected area - and cleanup efforts, hampered by budget reductions, can't keep pace. And the sheer isolation of the central Pacific monuments, which helps shield them from pollution, makes policing the waters even more difficult and costly. "Actually following through on this will be a real issue," says...
...transportation hubs, Buddhist temples and other locations, and is known for missions involving female suicide bombers and for recruitment of child soldiers. Fighters reportedly wear cyanide capsules around their necks that they swallow if they are about to be captured by government forces. The Tamils have ground and sea forces and are well armed with rockets, grenade launchers and other weapons...
Maybe so. But with some three-quarters of worldwide trade moving by sea, volatility in the shipping industry remains a good indicator of the state of global commerce. "Shipping is the thermometer of globalization," says Baccelli. "It allows us to take the broadest view of the health of the worldwide economy." Global trade is expected to fall 2.1% in 2009, according to the World Bank. The coming months will show whether shippers, and the world, will be able to bail fast enough to stay afloat...