Word: trading
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Last week President Jiang Zemin made a grab for imperial status by inking a World Trade Organization deal with the U.S. that will open China to free international trade for the first time in history. Along the way, 73-year-old Jiang had to move mountains of conservative opposition at home, change the atmospherics between Beijing and Washington, and, yes, deal with 100 million tangled telephone lines. By any measure, it was a monumental deal for China. But for Jiang it was even more--a bid to boost his reputation from that of polished technocrat to the more mythical status...
There are 151 Pokemon scattered among three existing versions of the game: Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue and Pokeman Yellow. You have to trade between versions (via a cable linking Game Boys) to complete the collection. Thus the quest for all Pokemon grows as the product line expands with new species. Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver will become available in the U.S. next year, with the promise of 260 species...
...more revealing of personal details. "If you go to sites about mental health or pornography, that information could be subpoenaed in a civil suit or custody battle and used against you," warns Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters, a privacy advocacy group. That's why the Federal Trade Commission convened a workshop last week to explore the privacy implications of Web profiling. "Not only are privacy policies difficult to locate online," says ftc chairman Robert Pitofsky, "in almost all cases users don't even know this is happening...
Opponents of the HMO legislation, whose final passage was always doubtful in view of the Senate's opposition, argue that United's move shows the bill is moot. "The market is far ahead of politicians," says Karen Ignagni, president of the industry trade group, the American Association of Health Plans. But proponents of the bill argue that as long as most HMOs resist going United's way--and they will until it is clear that the company can manage costs without micromanaging its doctors--patients will need the protection that comes from the threat of a lawsuit. "We need...
...values do the Pocket Monsters demonstrate? "Pokemon appeals to children's desire for mastery," says Stephanie Pratola, a child psychologist. "That begins to develop at age six or seven. There are so many things to master--the games, knowing all the rules for the cards, what makes a good trade." It's a world of expertise in which kids can revel, free from parents who don't understand the rules. Pratola says the marketers have taken huge advantage of this developmental niche among children, but she spreads the blame around. "You have to look at it in the context...