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...local conglomerates, his penchant for order and profit can still be witnessed within today's business élite. With his gentle wit Farrell captures the soul of Singapore: a polyglot Asian port, still partly under the sleepy sway of its British colonial past, and still lurching toward an uncertain future with a furious, irresistible energy...
...even without prior agreements—means additional regulation would only reduce moral hazard. “Once we [have an implicit guarantee], his approach has to be correct—has to be,” Di Tella said. “In a very uncertain time I think that’s a very strong statement to make.” —Staff writer William N. White can be reached at wwhite@fas.harvard.edu...
...such a scenario, a company would not necessarily have to care about global warming for carbon labels to make sense. Such labels will draw attention to the issue of carbon emissions and spur national efforts to discover alternative energy sources. With the price of fuel high and the future uncertain, reducing dependence on foreign energy can only be a good thing...
...Even timely completion of the first science complex—which won special approval from the City of Boston to allow completion by July 2011—now appears uncertain, causing once certain tenants to consider alternative homes in Cambridge...
...global economic crisis, however, has changed the political and economic landscape. Although inflation continues to be rampant, growth is now uncertain, given the sluggish demand in developed countries. With oil prices hitting unforeseen lows, he can afford neither the vast federal projects in Venezuela nor his bullish foreign policy favoritism...