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...says. That's a peace offering wrapped in a warning. He could take them head on, but he would gladly partner with mobile operators as the behind-the-scenes technology provider, wrangling wi-fi phone traffic that a mobile-phone company would front. Next up: the games and entertainment sector. In November, Polk struck a deal with Nintendo that lets owners of the wi-fi-- equipped Nintendo DS game machine play networked games for free at the Cloud's hot spots. Guess whose business stands to get disintermediated? Forecast for the mobile-phone industry: partly Cloudy...
Like falling leaves in the Luxembourg Gardens and chestnut hawkers on the Champs-Elysées, public sector strikes are an almost inevitable feature of autumn in France. But this season there is an extra crispness to the recurring collision of labor entitlement and government reform. Unlike any of his recent predecessors, President Nicolas Sarkozy is willing to bet his entire mandate on victory in this decisive show-down with unions. He may, in fact, have little choice...
...going to go back and do something there.” CHOOSING TO SERVEMany students and graduates are using public service as an avenue to effect brain gain in America. David L. Tannenwald ’08, of Newton, Mass., has interned in the public sector and is currently exploring career fields for post-graduation life. “I’d be shocked if whatever I do doesn’t involve public service,” he says. His work on John F. Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign drew his attention to inequities of resources...
...yield to U.S. pressure. But "it's wrong to focus so much energy on the exchange rate," Fang argued, noting that even a 5% movement wouldn't do much to help plug the U.S. trade deficit. It would be far smarter to address concerns like China's uncompetitive service sector--allowing foreign banks to set up shop, for example. "China can open up a lot more to the outside world. That's a much more constructive way to solve the problem," he said...
Still, the transition to E.U. membership could be tough, as Poland has an 18% unemployment rate and an inefficient farming sector. The nation's finances are also deteriorating, with total debt creeping up toward 60% of GDP. Sikora said most Polish economists believe Poland should adopt the euro as soon as possible, perhaps by 2007. But he says that uncertainties about the Growth and Stability Pact may push that date back a couple of years...