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...odd time for an oil rush. The West's leading oil companies are making a run for Russia just as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power and reasserts control over the energy business (among other things). State interference in the economy - increased restrictions on foreign ownership, the assault on Yukos and big shifts in taxation - has raised concerns about Putin's commitment to the rule of law. Many Russians are voting with their wallets. This year capital flight will easily exceed $10 billion, up from $2 billion last year. Even some top officials have misgivings. Andrei Illarionov, Putin's chief...
...odd time for an oil rush. The West's leading oil companies are making a run for Russia just as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power and reasserts control over the energy business (among other things). In recent months, Putin has muzzled the independent press and abolished popular elections of regional governors. Western companies may rationalize that increased government control over the press won't affect their deals, but interference in the economy--increased restrictions on foreign ownership, the assault on Yukos and big shifts in taxation--has raised concerns about Putin's commitment to the rule of law. Many...
There in the Beren Center, I hope, in an odd, roundabout sort of way, that they got the same...
...Finding Neverland couldn’t be more different. Johnny Depp plays James “J.M.” Barrie, in the process of writing his masterwork Peter Pan. Like most of Depp’s characters, Barrie is more than a little strange. He lives in an odd mix of the real world—London in 1904—and his own imagination, a combination that Forster masterfully depicts by intercutting shots of Barrie’s London and his fantasy world. This kind of trick has the potential to devolve into a gimmick, but Forster doesn?...
...wings, and the beer distributor is all set to provide students with all the juice of the barley they can drink. House Committees are researching recipes for spiked hot cider once more, and Enterprise Rent-a-Car is, doubtless, selling out of pickup trucks. Besides the presence of four odd representatives of the Boston Police Department (BPD), 2004’s Harvard-Yale tailgate is set to rival 2002’s in fun factor and no doubt surpass it in safety...