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...generation of business leadership who are looking for more cooperative relationship with Washington, trying to be problem solvers instead of nay-saying, being a brick wall to government action," argues Hilary Rosen, a partner at the Brunswick Group, a communications firm, who served as Chairman and CEO of the trade organization the Recording Industry Association of America from 1998-2003. "In leadership positions, you see a wave and you want to get on board to help shape it and instead I think he is looking at a wave and is trying to stop it." (See the best business deals...
While defending the organization against a recent series of high profile defections over its climate change policies, Chamber officials insist they are just faithfully representing their membership's views. The problem with that is the lowest common denominator dynamic in trade associations, in which common policy is set by those with the most at stake. In a petition challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases - authorized under a Supreme Court decision - the Chamber maintained there are likely to be some positive aspects to climate change. The resulting skepticism among environmental groups turned to outrage in early...
...professors in 1998 about exploring cultural connections through music. Ma sought virtuoso musicians from a variety of traditions to form the Silk Road Ensemble, a group committed to exploring and sharing these traditions and creating new cultural forms—much like travelers did on the famous Silk Road trade route 1,000 years ago.The project then grew to include international tours and workshops, with the mission of uniting the world’s neighborhoods through music. The ensemble has since commissioned works from across the globe and led numerous tours across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.When it began...
...Pasqua said that many former and current members of government knew about the arms sales, as well as several other illegal schemes. The comments suggested that Pasqua expected political help in the case - or he was prepared to take a lot of people down with him. (Read: "The Arms Trade Booms Amid Global Economic Woes...
...Africa, Durban and Mombasa endured but Goree (Ghana) and Ibo (Mozambique) declined with the end of slavery. Nowhere, though, was harder hit by the end of that terrible trade than Zanzibar. Its former capital, Stone Town, was literally built on slaves: the bones of thousands were encased in the foundations of several buildings in a horrific form of reinforced masonry. But if slavers deserted Zanzibar, the immense houses they built on the backs of their ghastly cargo remain, along with a host of cultural legacies. And that's Stone Town's main draw: the chance to walk through the past...