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...everyone is unhappy with high oil prices. Besides oil companies, these are boom times for oil-field-service firms like Schlumberger, whose oil-field revenue is up 34% over last year's first quarter, and high-tech equipment makers like Baker Hughes (up 89%). Rig activity is so strong and demand for energy services so unprecedented, according to Dave Lesar, CEO of Halliburton Co., the Vice President's former outfit, that the oil-field-service conglomerate started raising prices this month. So have others. Oil-drilling ships are renting for $500,000 a day, double the charge of 18 months...
...24/7 days, travelers stay plugged in at airports, hotel rooms and, alas, beaches. At least they're tethered to home and office with ever more stylish and functional digital designs. Aiming at the growing army of wired road warriors, even upscale travel-gear makers like Tumi are crafting trendy tech gear. For those who want a Web fix everywhere they go, here are some of the season's most useful travel tools...
...24/7 days, travelers stay plugged in at airports, hotel rooms and, alas, beaches. At least they're tethered to home and office with ever more stylish and functional digital designs. Aiming at the growing army of wired road warriors, even upscale travel-gear makers like Tumi are crafting trendy tech gear. For those who want a Web fix everywhere they go, here are some of the season's most useful travel tools...
...Beijing allows the Chinese currency to rise sharply, a move the senators believe would help cut America's trade deficit. Chinese businessman Liu Weiping attended a talk given by the senators to a group of students that included members of his executive M.B.A. class at Tsinghua University. Liu, a tech entrepreneur who has visited the U.S. several times and admires much about it, was appalled. Coburn, he claims, talked of himself as "a representative of Jesus. He spoke like he was preaching to us. They said, 'What are your criticisms of your own government?' I don't think they were...
...over—a disappointing end to a disappointing season. Facing league foe New Jersey Tech (NJIT) on Senior Day, the Harvard men’s volleyball team failed to contain the Highlanders’ potent offense, losing 3-0 (30-21, 30-24, 30-22) Saturday afternoon at the Malkin Athletic Center. After capturing the Sweeney Division title last year, the Crimson came into 2006 favored to win the newly transformed Hay Division. But an injury-plagued start and a poor finish put Harvard out of contention. Nothing characterized the Crimson’s fall from grace more than...