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...Curt can be absolutely brilliant," says a House colleague. "But there's also a slightly unhinged quality to him." Weldon recently insisted, along with Pennsylvania's U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, that there were still weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He also claimed that a secret Pentagon unit called Able Danger had identified Mohamed Atta at the center of the 9/11 terrorist conspiracy a year before the attacks, a claim that has been dismissed by both the White House and the 9/11 commission. Weldon has been associated with some questionable lobbying schemes: both his daughter Karen and his real estate...
...rumored at around $100 million. It's a price tag for which VNU's owners--a group of private-equity firms, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, that acquired the company for $9.8 billion in July--will expect big results, and Calhoun, who headed GE's $47 billion infrastructure unit, is unlikely to disappoint. At VNU, he's charged with turning around its Nielsen television-ratings system as well as the Hollywood Reporter and BillBoard magazine. Nothing a little Six Sigma...
...Phillips said. “We try to couple our upgrades with energy efficient modifications and this happens to be one of those.” Phillips, who is also a member of the Resource Efficiency Program Task Force, said that the dual flush handles were installed on 508 units and cost an additional $15 per unit. While Phillips did not know the reason behind the green color, he speculated it was because green represents environmentally-friendly practices. “For the cost increase it makes good sense to do it because if a good percentage use it, we?...
...with articles from The Economist and other periodicals—serves as a reminder that what you learn in class actually has some grounding in the real world. And you won’t have to worry much about your grade; Ec10 offers a “Unit Test” program to take practice exams for bonus points. Combine that with a Core curve set on a B+ average, and your grade will be as inflated as the Argentinean peso...
eBay has caused a revolution in the way that people acquire goods. Consumers have become SKU shoppers. They know exactly the stock-keeping unit that they want to acquire. They have figured out that if you know what you want to buy, you can acquire it at a lower and lower price. It's a wonderful cycle that allows you to have a higher standard of living on less money...