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...this good cheer, it's worth keeping a sense of proportion. The World Bank says just 3% of global foreign direct investment flowed to sub-Saharan Africa in 2005. And most of the money has gone to only a handful of resource-rich countries like South Africa, Nigeria and Angola. Meanwhile, much of the continent remains desperately underdeveloped: only 22% of African households have access to electricity. That leaves plenty of opportunity for businesses to profit as the continent attempts to catch up. In recent years, for example, the number of mobile-phone subscribers in Africa has soared by over...
Some wise hands in Washington have learned to avoid secrets at all cost. Last month David Margolis, a 40-year veteran of the Justice Department nicknamed "Yoda" because of his deep authority in the building, testified that he actively avoided learning details of sub-rosa White House involvement in the U.S. Attorney firings...
...risks. On June 22, the day of Blackstone's IPO, the Wall Street outfit Bear Stearns, which has been publicly traded for two decades, announced that it would spend up to $3.2 billion bailing out an internally run hedge fund that was flailing from bad bets in the declining sub-prime mortgage market. The stock dropped more than 4% for the week...
...three concerns of parents who withdrew their children centered on school quality: 32 percent questioned the strength of the academics, 11 percent cited safety and classroom management issues, and 10 percent pointed to sub-par teaching instruction...
...Crimson’s survey. Only the biology concentration—which is in the process of being disbanded—scored lower, with an average rating of 3.02. (This fall, sophomores will not have the option of majoring in biology, but instead will choose among several sub-disciplines, including chemical and physical biology, molecular and cellular biology, neurobiology, and organismic and evolutionary biology...