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...third panelist was Summers, who as chief economist of the World Bank signed his name to an infamous memo encouraging developed countries to export polluting industries to the third world. But more than a decade later, the University president was steadfast in calling for a solution to the problem of greenhouse gas emissions...
...salute Michael Ware. Nick Smart Gold Coast, Australia The Whole World Watched I am not American, but I respect the choice of those who re-elected President Bush [Nov. 15]. I wish to remind them, however, that the decision they have made will also affect the citizens of the rest of the world who desperately hope to see a less violent world in the next four years. Patama Udomprasert Tokyo To my utter dismay, bush is in for another term, confirming the opinion of those of us in the Third World that terrorism scares Americans so much that they have...
...room of the firm's Beijing office. There, company officials told them that IBM, which practically invented personal computers, would sell its PC unit to a Chinese competitor, Lenovo (formerly Legend). The 60 or so attendees learned that, upon joining Lenovo, they would become the backbone of the world's third biggest computer maker. Hours later, a proud headline in the online edition of the People's Daily summarized the $1.25 billion deal: "China's IT Industry Has Stood Up." Yet the mood in the room was short on euphoria. "People cried," says a senior manager who was there...
...turn its own name into a glamorous brand. But if its image in China is any indication, that'll prove tricky. Li Yong, a 35-year-old technician, spent last Friday shopping for an IBM ThinkPad in Beijing. It will be his third, and probably his last. "IBM's laptops are the most stable in the world. I won't take the risk of buying one with Lenovo technology." Lenovo will soon have to make the rest of the world think otherwise...
National Treasure is about a third-generation treasure hunter searching for the greatest treasure the world has ever known, ever. Nicholas Cage, who seems to have convinced himself that he’s a modern day Juan Ponce De Leon, runs around like an idiot, examining money like a McDonald’s cashier dubious about a customer paying for an item on the dollar menu with a $10 bill. At one point in the film, Cage’s sidekick, a first generation treasure hunter played by Justin Bartha—I know what you’re thinking...