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...Commission is a prisoner of his times, and the great transformations of the E.U. - monetary union and the "big bang" enlargement taking in the former communist countries - were a product of the end of the cold war. These are less exciting times, and Barroso has had to stake his presidency on promoting economic growth - a more nebulous goal that means overcoming the objections of key constituencies anxious to protect their privileges. This week, Barroso's program faces a key test, when the European Parliament debates the services directive, aimed at creating a single market for the E.U.'s j8 trillion...
...bets on the Internet's future. For one thing, Google has tempted Microsoft into battle by developing new Web-based software and exploring partnerships that could challenge the Seattle giant's desktop dominance. But it's Yahoo!--which has a significantly different vision--that could most threaten Google. At stake is the future of search. For Google, it is all about harnessing the vast power of the Internet to get results as quickly and accurately as possible. (Google maintains tens of thousands of servers to store all those cached Web pages it searches...
...latest allegations, however, may prove to be the most damaging of all. They focus on the sale by Thaksin's family of their controlling stake in telecoms conglomerate Shin Corp. for $1.87 billion. The stake is being sold to a group led by the Singapore government's investment arm, Temasek Holdings. Thai regulators probed the deal for any violations, including possible insider trading. On the eve of the sale, Thaksin's son and daughter bought an 11% stake in Shin from an offshore company called Ample Rich for one baht (2.5 cents) a share, then sold to the Temasek...
...School Elena Kagan faced exactly this choice in September, student groups such as Lambda, the Law School’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students association, denounced what they saw as the bigoted policies of the Pentagon, but accepted that too much funding was at stake for Harvard to refuse to comply...
...sale drawing flak? Some Thais are upset that a major utility is now controlled by a foreign entity. Others resent the windfall gained by Thaksin's family, and say minority shareholders have been shortchanged. Local regulators ultimately decided that the purchase of an 11% stake in Shin by Thaksin's son and daughter on the eve of the sale was not insider trading even though they scored huge gains, but also said it was possible his son, Phantongtae, had not properly disclosed his stake in the purchasing firm...