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...radical shake-up of the $220 billion electricity industry has been short-circuiting. "This is a dysfunctional market masquerading as a competitive market," charges Michael Shames, executive director of the San Diego-based Utility Consumers' Action Network. Prices for electricity have been spiking up in some regions; capacity is lagging demand, threatening customers across the nation with brownouts and blackouts this summer. "The cookie jar is open, and everyone wants to get what they can," Hawkins says. "They've got it, we need it, and we're going to pay through the nose...
After a significant shake-up in the November elections, the new Cambridge City Council took office this year eager to solve problems. But with few burning questions on the agenda, it is been a less than productive year at City Hall...
...COFFEE SHAKE-UP Hard to believe, but that black sludge you drink each morning may be linked to a reduced risk of Parkinson's disease. A study of 8,000 Japanese-American men shows that those who down four to five cups daily are five times less likely to develop Parkinson's than those who never drink the brew. Turns out, though, it may not be the coffee that's helping. Researchers speculate that people who need a rush of caffeine may have a type of brain chemistry that's simply less prone to Parkinson...
...moaning culture," in the words of Greg Dyke, the British Broadcasting Corp.'s new director-general, has pervaded the Beeb in recent years, with staff members complaining about an overweening bureaucracy that stifles creativity. Last month it appeared that Dyke had taken the keening to heart. He announced a shake-up of the 23,000-employee organization in which hundreds of management jobs will be axed and $1.5 billion in savings channeled into programming over the next five years...
...Airbus executive who has worked with Leahy since his arrival calls him "small of stature but hard-driving and aggressive--like Napoleon--with large eyes that can fix the most powerful gaze on you." When he gazed at Airbus, Leahy saw a stuffy organization in need of a shake-up. One of Leahy's American-style innovations, says this official, was the open office. "He literally broke down the walls between the sales guys, the contract guys and the airline analysts, and put them together in regional units. The results speak for themselves." Says another colleague: "Once John sinks...