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...take as long as 10 years and cost at least $2.7 billion--could still run into obstacles, especially given the fickle nature of Italian politics. Concerned that the gates would be raised so frequently and remain there so long that they would cause water in the lagoon to grow stagnant, Greens are making that argument in an environmental-impact review that could delay or even scuttle construction. Even so, this is the closest Venice has come to a permanent solution to its water problems in 700 years. By local bureaucratic standards, that's not too bad. --By Jeffrey Kluger. Reported...
...hold and will sit down this month to try to work out a settlement. As irritating as they are, the subsidies, which mostly take the form of government loans, are a sideshow to the main contest, as Bombardier and Embraer jockey for position in a market that, while stagnant today, is expected to explode with demand. Ailing airlines of all sizes around the world have come to rely more and more on smaller, lower-maintenance regional jets - instead of clunky turboprops or inefficient larger craft - to connect hub cities with smaller markets. Analysts say regional jets are key to many...
...down reform, alone, is never going to produce true freedom in the Middle East. But the democratic openings we are seeing could create a dynamic that gradually forces the autocrats to share more power with others, truly open their stagnant economies to outside investment and respect human rights. Peace, free trade and respect for the rule of law will give democracy a better chance. Evolutionary change, so long as it is not really an excuse for the status quo, will doubtless be less disruptive than revolutionary change...
...over in a weekend," they now expect him to turn the economy around on a dime. He may be irked by such expectations, but he wants to look as if he's trying to meet them. Voters soured on the first President Bush less because the economy was stagnant in 1992 than because he didn't seem to care that people were hurting. His son won't make that mistake. "If he's working hard to get a growth package enacted, that's more important than actually getting it enacted," says a key Bush adviser. "As long as people...
...about people drinking their troubles away in bad times--and boosting bar business--isn't true. Liquor sales lately have moved in step with the economy, which explains why so many attendees are driven to drink here at the annual bar-industry trade show in Las Vegas. With business stagnant at nightclubs, taverns, and restaurant and hotel bars, this is an industry thirsty for a new sensation...