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...differences. As a result, 176 European companies are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange. If the new rules are applied rigidly, those firms will have to decide whether to play by them or cut themselves off from the world's largest capital market. The lobbying will gather steam this week, when business representatives from the 15 E.U. countries meet in Brussels to hammer out a joint stance. One of the biggest questions they face is how much of a public fuss to make. It's a tough call. Markets are already unsettled, and companies don't want...
...Never fear, Moms and Dads: Clarkson, despite her cherubic appearance, has an unusually powerful voice, even if, as was reported, she was at one point reduced to drinking olive oil in an attempt to save it. Chances are, your kids will run out of steam after a few bars and go back to peacefully watching television. And if they keep insisting on showcasing their "talent," give Simon Cowell a call; a few cruel words from the reptilian British judge will surely crush your child's dreams of fame...
...spokesman: "There are just too many questions to be answered before we rush to put deadly weapons into pilots' hands." Many rank-and-file pilots agree, contending that other changes, such as improving the passenger-profiling system, would do more to boost security. But given the political head of steam, such arguments may already be moot...
...steam in the middle of the afternoon, head into a designer store such as Chanel, Prada or Yves Saint Laurent, sit down, and ask for a glass of water. "They'll happily oblige," says Tabak...
...challenge of living in harmony with the earth is as old as human society itself. That relationship changed fundamentally, a little more than two centuries ago, with the Industrial Revolution. Using the new technology of the steam engine in the early 19th century, and the internal combustion engine in the century just ended, society found itself able to exploit on a massive scale the energy locked in such fossil fuels as coal, oil and gas. At the same time, dramatic gains in agricultural productivity made possible by mechanized farming, fertilizers and more efficient water use pushed people from farms into...