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Murray’s only comment was that discussions with UW and the Gates Foundation are underway...
...last night, the City of Cambridge Fire Department had not determined the source and extent of the fire, Burns said. The fire was successfully quenched and an investigation is underway. Among the businesses closed and evacuated was the Brattle Street Theatre, which had been running a special Valentine’s Day showing of “Casablanca...
...Lebanon. Similarly, while the U.S. is demanding that Hamas be isolated and is pressuring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to refrain from forming a unity government with the organization, Saudi Arabia is actively engaging with Hamas and promoting the formation of just such a unity government at talks currently underway in Mecca. Moreover, in the case of both Iran and Hamas, the Saudi position appears to reflect a broader view among Arab regimes that no good can come of the U.S. approach of avoiding engagement with significant regional players simply because it would prefer to keep them out in the cold...
...gets underway, that uneasy mixture of confidence and incredulity seems to be a global phenomenon. Economists, bankers and policymakers have long argued about the extent to which the world economy remains dependent on America, and the issue will loom large at this year's World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos in late January. The U.S. constitutes about 28% of global gross domestic product as measured in dollars, and it accounted for one-fifth of worldwide growth between 2000 and 2006. So the big question is: If America's growth doesn't pick up significantly, can other...
...moment, these risks seem manageable. Central banks, especially in Europe, have been raising rates to head off inflation. And there are several initiatives underway between Europe and the U.S. that aim to counteract protectionist pressures at home and abroad. German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Washington this month to push a plan that would harmonize investment and trade rules across the Atlantic. And the European Union and the U.S. recently got back together in a new and perhaps final attempt to salvage the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of negotiations. "We are in the endgame," says Peter Mandelson...