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London's continued rise is by no means assured, of course. Efforts to unclog its congested transport network are long overdue, and Wall Street may be reenergized when proposals aimed at making it cheaper for firms to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley come into force, perhaps as early as this year. And consolidation among other exchanges - the New York Stock Exchange's $14.3 billion deal with pan-European operator Euronext is just one of a string of mergers in recent months - could make it tougher for the lse to stay ahead. For now, though, with two dozen of Broadgate Tower...
...plan has produced plenty of nonelected critics, especially when Roh's initial $5 billion estimate for the move jumped to $38.6 billion in December. They say the relocation of 500,000 people won't unclog Seoul. Landowners in Chungcheong aren't complaining: property prices in Daejon rose faster than any other city's in the first nine months of last year. "It'll be like our version of Washington, D.C.," enthuses Lee Jae Sun, an opposition lawmaker who represents Daejon. What no one denies is that the plan, which still faces major hurdles such as an intended campaign to oppose...
MEDICAL MANTRA While it's no surprise that transcendental meditation reduces stress, researchers now show that using TM to reach a higher state of consciousness may help unclog arteries. African Americans with high blood pressure who practiced meditation for six months saw a .098-mm decrease in the fatty buildup in arterial walls, compared with an increase of .054 mm among folks who simply tried to change their diet and lifestyle. Getting results takes some effort. First you need to learn how to meditate, which can take hours, and then you should do it for 20 minutes each morning...
...Some of my kids left my tutelage without knowing how to fix a broken lamp or unclog a toilet," Palfrey says...
While no one disagrees that traffic is getting worse all over the country, there isn't a whole lot of consensus on what can be done to unclog our thoroughfares. Ideally, we'll attack the problem from a variety of angles, says TIME senior writer Richard Lacayo. "Different cities will try different combinations of fixes," Lacayo says. "Some communities, like Portland, have created 'greenbelts' that surround the city and contain new development. Other cities are pushing for light rail systems." Not surprisingly, proponents of development want to build new roads and expand those that exist; alternative transportation advocates and environmentalists...