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...they’re going through these changes.” The program is expected to last four weeks, and will run twice a year to train between 100 and 150 civil servants. The Indian government initially requested that the program run for three years, but Letts said the contract has not yet been finalized. Professors from different areas of the Kennedy School faculty, including management, leadership, social policy, and economics, will work with members from the upper echelons of the Indian government, most with 25 to 30 years of experience. The program will use various teaching methods, including problem...
...over it. Job security no longer exists. I am an American who graduated from college in the early '90s when the U.S. economy was in a serious recession. I spent the next two years working as an unpaid intern. At least Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's "first employment contract" would offer graduates the equivalent of paid internships. The global marketplace is changing rapidly, and without employment flexibility, France will not be able to compete. People of my generation in the U.S. learned that we're the only ones who can secure our future. That would be a good lesson...
...strong desires for independence. Ironically, the first winner isn't an oil giant from the "coalition of the willing" but DNO ASA, a small company traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange. DNO in early 2004 negotiated the rights to drill in about 3,900 sq km, inking the contract in the final week before Iraq's interim government took over from the U.S.-dominated Coalition Provisional Authority. DNO's managing director, Helge Eide, said he felt he "had to do it before the interim government came in," fearing Iraq's new rulers might strip the Kurds of rights to negotiate...
...nearly 90% of its exports going to the U.S., the country really had little choice. And Fernndez's party delayed implementation, which allowed a pipeline of infrastructure projects to go to favored contractors without the fuss of open bidding required by the new accord. That includes the subway contract, which went to Diandino Pea, who is Fernndez's biggest financial supporter. "Transparency is an evil word here," says Kevin P. Manning, president of the local American Chamber of Commerce. Fernndez has likened the subway to Paris' Eiffel Tower, which also faced opposition...
...Year rolled in and all the world watched, he fought alone for the life of his ship Flying Enterprise against the fury of January seas in the North Atlantic. For twelve days he fought, but in the end the Flying Enterprise went down. Captain Carlsen rejected the inevitable Hollywood contract and modestly disappeared, and the world was left still searching for a hero...