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...center-left government of Giuliano Amato then passed a decree freezing EDF's voting rights in Montedison at 2%. The reasoning: EDF is a protected monopolist in France. So it's not cricket for it to generate an easy $30 billion in annual sales and then turn around and snap up companies that actually have to compete. This is where Fiat stepped in. It has forged an alliance with EDF, financier Romain Zaleski and several banks. The consortium, called Italenergia, now controls 52% of the voting shares of Montedison. Initially, the new Berlusconi government, which owes Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli...
...Ybor City, of course, it?s not just hysterical drug dealers who are caught on camera, it?s Joe Shmo and his lovely wife and kids out for a stroll in the evening. And if the surveillance cameras snap a few shots, and none of the Shmo family faces sets off the photo database, it seems reasonable to wonder what good the cameras could possibly be doing - and to feel a vicarious sense of outrage on behalf of the entire Shmo family. But let?s imagine a different scenario: Say little Suzy Shmo is actually Jane Doe - whose frantic parents...
...Space. We understand his work-related depression and cheer for him in his post-hypnotic awakening and liberation from the horrors of his boring job. But, like Peter, I hope that other interns who have been fortunate enough to come to D.C. and enjoy its sights and sensations will snap out of whiny complaint and instead embrace a Zen-like appreciation for this summer and for the work ahead...
...last two years reinforced how much I value being in this with somebody else,” Willet said. He noted that one benefit of the arrangement is that since the two must always collaborate on decisions, snap decisions are avoided...
...burgeoning K-12 testing market. While nearly every state already conducts standardized tests in one form or another, just 15 give annual exams that determine everything from grade promotion to teachers' salaries. The race is now on for the rest to roll out an estimated 260 new exams and snap up the $320 million in federal funds allotted by the Senate for assessment design. "We ought to be very concerned that we get tests of high quality and not just an increase in the quantity of exams," cautions Matthew Gandal, the vice president of Achieve, a group of governors...