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...China, in fact, were up 20% last year to a record $41.8 billion, and since 2001 they have grown five times faster than exports to the rest of the world. The question of the moment is whether this transition will happen fast enough to allow both sides to avoid a showdown. The guys with the stone axes are in town this week, and they're not happy...
...this trial or in future ones, and that the federal government appropriately disciplines those lawyers responsible for any prosecutorial misconduct. And we hope that Moussaoui is properly punished without the advent of the death penalty and the federal prosecution more carefully prepares for future terrorism cases in order to avoid embarrassments like the one from this past week...
...French state still owns 15.7% of its former property Renault, so no past CEO has expected an entirely free hand. If Ghosn is forced to renege on his promise to avoid layoffs, Renault's fortunes could become a political issue in the 2007 presidential elections. But Ghosn suggests that times--and France--have changed. He's the first Renault president selected purely for his business record, rather than for his political contacts. "If they'd wanted a yes-man at Renault," he says, "I wouldn't have been named...
...Warner pointedly suggested to one of Miller's superiors that he "go back over this entire matter," warning that Miller will be recalled before the panel to explain himself. Sources close to the powerful committee say that anger at Miller has escalated sharply since he invoked his right to avoid self-incrimination and refused to testify in the detainee-abuse trial of an Abu Ghraib dog handler. In that case, defense lawyers argued that their client was following guidelines from Abu Ghraib military-intelligence chief Colonel Thomas Pappas, who in turn has said under oath that Miller advocated using dogs...
...with the best intentions, but they expand," says Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Program at the A.C.L.U. Some responsibility, of course, rests with the individual. Since his data were revealed, Clark took his mobile number off his business cards. Wireless carriers also recommend that customers avoid giving out their mobile numbers online. But Clark insists that the law should change to protect our privacy, no matter how much technology allows us to connect. "One thing we value in this country," he says, "is the freedom to be left alone...