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...report focuses on the iconic gorillas of eastern Congo. But researchers say the western gorillas, though greater in number, are dying at a much faster rate. That's because they don't attract nearly the attention that Virunga's mountain gorillas do and live in areas where poachers escape punishment easily. "The most critical challenge that we face in central Africa is undoubtedly a lack of law enforcement," says David Greer, coordinator of the African Great Apes Program at the World Wildlife Fund. "In no uncertain terms, it's the ubiquitous impunity in this region. Nobody is held accountable...
This finding means that drugs can be delivered faster, increasing health practitioners’ success rates...
Companies with big holdings in Sin City will likely see an earlier and faster rally than those that focus on regional markets, analysts say. There have already been signs of improvement in Las Vegas, where traffic has increased in the past four months, although gaming revenue remains flat, says Bill Lerner, chief executive of research group Union Gaming Group. Also, some companies like MGM Mirage (MGM) who were buried under a mountain of debt and teetering on bankruptcy a year ago have managed to restructure their debt issues and are no longer on analysts' bankruptcy watch lists...
...right mind is going to add the long-term liability of a worker simply for the short-term benefit of a tax break. On the other hand, such incentives may accelerate some hiring that would have eventually happened anyway, and that would put more money into consumers' pockets faster. Of course, extra spending and tax cuts contribute to the $1.5 trillion federal deficit, and that drags on the economy. (See "How High Could the U.S. Tax Rate...
...months later, it revised that figure to a whopping $34 billion, according to the Russian news service RIA Novosti. Amid concerns that construction is running behind schedule - a problem exacerbated by the workers' strike, now in its second week - political pressure is mounting for the organizers to build faster and cut costs. (See pictures of Putin on vacation...