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...still too early to know if Europe's patchwork regulations will be transformed - Hans Martens, chief executive of the European Policy Centre, for one, says the current crisis could actually push governments in the opposite direction, toward more national intervention: "I don't think the mood is for more Europe...
...sliding property prices. India's property market, which has seen 30% to 50% annual price growth in recent years, is weakening. "The sustained climate of high interest rates, combined with an equity bear market, has been putting downward pressure on pricing across real estate asset classes," says Raj Inamdar, chief investment officer at SRM Realty Advisors in New Delhi. China, where construction of commercial and residential projects has been especially rampant, may be facing "an imminent bust of a real estate bubble," Merrill Lynch warned in a September report. A recent survey of households by China's central bank found...
What the Menil made clear was that light was going to be one of Piano's chief materials. His best buildings are elegant variations on the idea of transparency. His Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, just five adjacent bays with travertine walls, is one of the most gratifying art-exhibition spaces in the world. But not everything Piano touches turns out as nicely. In pre-construction models, his New York Times headquarters looked delicate almost to the point of evanescent--quite a trick for a Manhattan skyscraper. But in the execution, the ceramic rods Piano devised to screen the glass...
...Irwin rejected the proposal in April, saying he did not "trust" ExxonMobil's word after years of false starts, and pulled the leases. The state wants other producers to bid for the development rights, a plan unlikely to occur for years because of court challenges. Dan Dickinson, tax chief under Murkowski, claims that the Point Thompson decision may have scored p.r. points for Palin but ultimately set back early production of the field. "I don't think Governor Palin really understands the intricate details of oil and gas here," says Persily, the former administration official. "She underestimates the complexity...
ACTA President Anne D. Neal ’77 said she hoped members of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s chief governing board, would reconsider their stance in light of the candidates’ comments...