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...companies were unwilling to commit. The need for military style security and expansive insurance in light of ongoing terror attacks would require foreign investors to add millions to the cost of operating in Iraq. Massive capital investment is required to develop the industry's capacity in Iraq, and militant trade unions that have flexed their muscles through strikes in recent years - and which bitterly oppose foreign oil companies taking charge of developing Iraq's fields - add to the headache facing potential investors...
...looked at a map. “Ground Zero is at the World Trade Center stop,” he said. "I guess...
...zone, opened in 2004, was developed mainly by South Korea as part of Seoul's attempts to engage its northern neighbor through economic cooperation, and today it houses more than 100 South Korean companies that employ about 40,000 North Koreans. The zone has been a major source of trade for North Korea, but that hasn't stopped Pyongyang from threatening its operations. In May, North Korean officials said that all contracts regarding the South Korean companies in the park were nullified. Pyongyang is demanding higher wages for workers and other payments that could threaten the park's very existence...
...report by a consortium of federal agencies and research groups. One potential casualty: maple-syrup production, which may be displaced from New England to Canada as temperatures rise. The sobering report is sure to draw notice on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are debating a landmark "cap and trade" emissions proposal...
...whole, I'm sorry to say, we're a failed species." Thus pronounceth Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David), a quantum physicist by trade and a raging grouch by temperament. "I'm a man with a huge worldview," this self-proclaimed genius says. "I'm surrounded by microbes." In his 60s, with a research career, an ex-wife and a failed suicide attempt on his rsum, Boris teaches chess to kids, whom he insults mercilessly. His few friends indulge his rants but think he's a little nuts, in part because he's the only one who realizes...