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...December after 20 months), China is not an egregious trade cheat. China imposed tariffs on some steel imports from five countries last month, but is more open to foreign investment and imports than Japan was during its boom years. Few countries have embraced globalization at greater risk. The shutdown of inefficient state-owned plants has cost China tens of millions of jobs, with more to go. On a more pragmatic level, the U.S. needs China's cooperation on everything from trying to halt North Korea's nuclear- weapons program to building support for Iraq policy in the United Nations. That...
...prepare for crunch time in its main business. It lagged behind utilities in New York and Ohio and took three days to restore power to all its customers after the blackout. And it plans to charge consumers for the $30 million to $40 million that it lost during the shutdown...
...million Estimated cost to the economy of the two-day shutdown of government offices in Washington because of the storm...
...chat rooms, but it'll be up to those providers to act." Others are less convinced of MSN's tactics and motives. Analysts pointed out that the shuttered chat rooms were money losers, while the company's U.S. rooms, which remain open, could potentially make money. And the imminent shutdown could have unintended consequences. Some activists worry that during the three weeks before the plug is pulled, children will be especially vulnerable to pedophiles who, masquerading as online friends, may beg them for e-mail addresses or phone numbers...
...Directions on Microsoft. "It saves a lot of money when it can get rid of entire infrastructures, so the savings made by getting rid of the whole thing may outweigh the marginal gain. It's a business move with social benefits." It remains to be seen whether MSN's shutdown will have much effect on the David Hippersons of this world. But regardless of Microsoft's ultimate motivation, parents' fears and corporate bottom lines seem on the way to making free, unmonitored chat rooms a ghost of the Internet past...