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...legal challenge. But Western oil companies are watching. Analysts say they would snap up what's left of Yukos if allowed. Big oil "is desperate to invest in Russia. It's one of the few opportunities left," says Jonathan Stern of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Does Russia intend to keep that opportunity at home? - With reporting by Valeria Korchagina A Bit Of Healthy Competition I f one drug firm sneezes, does the whole world catch the flu? U.S. health authorities were scrambling to answer that question last week after a severe shortage of flu vaccines sparked consumer panic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 10/17/2004 | See Source »

...Cause if you do, your punch season might be pretty short-lived. Oh, snap...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: From the FM archives... | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

Another debate-related observation of note: During and after the first presidential and vice-presidential debates, Kerry-Edwards supporters were instructed by e-mail to vote early and often in the online snap polls. The idea was that actual substance aside, there would be media buzz surrounding any statistical figures that showed a clear trend. The effort has been a phenomenal success, by some measure at least—the results in CNN’s poll after the last debate last Friday night had Kerry ahead 74-23 (with 3 percent saying it had been a draw), despite statistically...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: eElection 2004 | 10/12/2004 | See Source »

...consumers at the right time. When it works, fashion phenomena are born, as in 1996, when the stylist for pop-music sensation Namie Amuro picked up some miniskirts, white platform boots and long coats in Maru Kyu's boutiques. Before long, Amuro's devotees were flocking to 109 to snap up the signature totems of what became known as the Amuler Boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecasting: The Stylemaker: CRACKING THE CODE OF TOKYO'S TEENS | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...defense was calm and disciplined, waiting for one of the two Leopard quarterbacks to make a mistake. While the play-action fooled occasionally, for the most part a trio of white Harvard jerseys trailed the Lafayette quarterback from snap to harried pass to turf. Odds were that harried pass was going to eventually land in the arms of a Crimson defender. And three times during the game, that’s exactly what happened...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tracy's Two Interceptions Key Big Play Defense | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

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