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...they are, say, in the insurance sector. Antonio López, Madrid-based director of analysis at Fortis Bank, argues that opposition to E.ON's cross-border dash for Endesa signals the Spanish government "is worried about supply." "If the company is German, it will experience any shortage or blackout from a distance," he says. "But [the blackouts] will happen in Spain. And blackouts are political issues. They cost votes." But even a safe supply needs to feel like good value to the end user. In truth, it is far from clear that energy consolidation benefits the European economy...
...Corporation, and adding yesterday that he would also consult with Bok.HBS professors contacted by The Crimson this week were not aware of the status of the dean search in the wake of Summers’ resignation. “In this state, we are in a kind of blackout period,” said Baker Foundation Professor Robert S. Kaplan, who is also a member of the 15-member faculty advisory committee to the dean search. “I’ve heard nothing.”Last Thursday, Light sent a statement to members of HBS expressing uncertainty...
...Mass Hall blackout ragefest...
...Thereafter, however, the president’s senior staff and communications office instituted an unofficial “media blackout,” three people familiar with the strategy said, cutting back on Summers’ public appearances and denying virtually every request for an interview through the end of May. Inside Mass. Hall, but not in front of Summers, the new media policy was jokingly called, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything...
...Christian Science Monitor was kidnapped on Saturday, the tightly knit community of reporters in the Iraqi capital knew of the abduction within hours. But in an almost unprecedented move, media organizations in Baghdad- Arabic and English alike-kept a lid on the news in hopes that a media blackout would give negotiators and rescuers time to win her release. For two days it mostly held, to the point where early reports mentioning her affiliation with the Christian Science Monitor were pulled from Web pages. A blog kept by her sister called ?Lady of Arabia,? which detailed many of Carroll...