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...despite all the condemnations and harsh language, there was little actual bite behind the rhetoric at the E.U. summit. Officials failed to agree on concrete measures to limit bonuses, admitting that many of their recommendations were virtually unenforceable. Sarkozy, who has threatened to walk out of the G-20 meeting if there is no agreement on regulating bonuses, was also forced to abandon his initial call for a precise salary cap. By the end of the summit, he suggested that the best solution would be stricter rules on capital levels - a proposal that has already been made by the Financial...
...that alone,” Winnie said in a joint interview with Mount and Erin E. Goodman, Assistant Director of the OIP. Mount and Winnie added that the new proximity will improve their offices’ teamwork. “It was hard, we had to walk all the way over there,” Mount said. “Oh, give me a break,” Winnie playfully retorted. —Staff Writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff Writer Noah S. Rayman can be reached at nrayman@fas.harvard.edu...
Talk like a communist, walk like a democrat. That has been the paradoxical strategy pursued by Latin America's new radical left - at least until now. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will gush effusively in the presence of Fidel Castro one moment, then just as earnestly he'll remind the world that he submits to the kind of free elections and free speech that Castro and his brother, Cuban President Raúl Castro, still forbid...
...recent months, Chávez and his allies from Argentina to Nicaragua have taken steps that critics say make them walk too Cuban for comfort - especially when it comes to independent media, an institution critical to the region's modernization. Chávez's socialist Bolivarian Revolution recently revoked the broadcast licenses of 32 private radio stations and two television stations - it plans to take more off the air soon - and just passed a sweeping and often vague new education law outlawing media material that "produces terror in children" or "goes against the values of the Venezuelan people." (Read about...
...adult literature. It is a leader in e-book sales but intends to focus on romance novels for a happy financial ending. "Women for the most part are pretty obsessed with relationships. I certainly know I am," says Hayes. And in Harlequin's world, she adds, "they may not walk down the aisle, but the ending will be positive...