Word: trading
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...endanger rare green sea turtles, the environmentalists were again ready for battle. They denounced the decision at a joint press conference, are preparing a letter to President Clinton, and have begun lobbying Congress. The Sierra Club will conduct a summer-long outreach program based on the slogan "Don't trade away the environment...
...movement's new focus on trade has also bedeviled it. Suddenly some on the environmental left are arguing against one of leftism's cherished convictions--that the U.S. has an obligation to accept large numbers of the people who want to settle here. That's because the same nationalist sentiment that distrusts the free movement of goods--the unrestricted flow, say, of shrimp caught in turtle-killing nets--also tends to distrust the free movement of labor: in other words, immigration...
...environmentalists willing to forsake leftist loyalties and embrace nationalism, strange and powerful alliances abound. For there is no doubt that hostility to free trade is growing on the right as well, visible in the opposition of some conservatives to fast track and the MAI. A nationalist, antiglobalization alliance might offer environmentalists something they have rarely tasted in past decades: power. But could they still call themselves liberals...
...match your financial needs with the available options. In the same way a FORTUNE 500 treasurer may use derivatives to balance his or her need for pesos and yen, wealth accounts will precisely balance your demand for investment and consumption. Says Christos Cotsakos, CEO of online brokerage group E*Trade: "The wired household is the ultimate bank." Your checking deposits, for instance, might be programmed to scour an electronic Web looking for interest-bearing investments overnight while you sleep. If a Turkish real estate developer needs to use the money for a few hours while you doze (and is willing...
...ironic that African Americans who come to Africa seeking their roots thank their lucky stars that their ancestors were traded as slaves. If their forebears had remained, those same African Americans would probably be residing in a shack or, worse, eking out a subsistence living. Better to ask the ancestors who engaged in the slave trade to apologize for their evil acts. KEVIN SMITH Northcliff, South Africa...