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...Many other cities around the world, such as Singapore, Stockholm, and London have successfully turned to congestion pricing in order to combat their traffic woes. London Mayor Ken Livingstone initially faced heavy resistance when he introduced a congestion tax to his city, but Londoners changed their tune after the program simultaneously reduced traffic delays by 30 percent and provided $360 million in public transportation improvements. There is no reason to believe that New Yorkers won’t warm to Bloomberg’s plan as well once they see the positive results...
Alan T. Gilbert ’89, the chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, will be the new music director of New York Philharmonic beginning in September 2009, the organization announced Tuesday...
Gilbert was also the assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. In May, he stepped down as music director of the Santa Fe Opera, and, next season, he’ll end his tenure with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, a post he has occupied since...
...predicts that the area's integration will only intensify. Many companies, including his own, already treat Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as a single market. And close investment ties have already bred closer trade and cultural ties. A decade ago, there was just one flight a day between Tallinn and Stockholm. Now there are six. At Swedbank, half the staff is currently based in the Baltic states or Russia. Such connections have helped drive Sweden's own growth and bolstered its ability to compete on a global stage. When New York City-based nasdaq launched a bid to acquire Sweden...
...property. Latvia's year-on-year inflation rate hit 8.9% in April, triggering devaluation rumors. Latvian loans are denominated in euros, so devaluing the national currency, the lat, would hit debtors hard. "Like any good party it has to come to an end," says Anders Paalzow, head of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. "The question is how bad the hangover will...