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...Whether this is the 10th or 20th assault of its kind changes nothing," says former Socialist Economy and Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn. "We have a real problem." At least the denial stage is now over. For years, officials downplayed the problem of ethnic assaults in France. But the pace of attacks has now escalated to record levels. France's National Consultative Commission of Human Rights (N.C.C.H.R.) reported 766 anti-Semitic and racist threats and attacks during the first six months of 2004 - almost as many as the 817 recorded in all of last year. Most of the 2004 incidents...
...effect, as privatization has been postponed. Why is Europe's electricity sector so inadequate? There are crises up and down the system: high prices, inadequate supply, creaking infrastructure. The European Commission began liberalizing the electricity market with a directive in 1996, though countries adopted rules at their own pace. The deadline was July 1 for industrial users - although most E.U. nations missed it - and 2007 for households. Peter Claes, president of the International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers in Geneva, points out that liberalization has so far accomplished very little; electricity prices have risen 35-50% in the last year...
...There was not a particular impetus for the most recent revision,” wrote Dale in an e-mail. “Instead, the policy is reviewed periodically as a matter of course to keep pace with the advancement of science and to ensure strong safeguards in the relationships between faculty and industry...
...record 55 titles about real estate investing reached bookstores last year, and an additional 50 are arriving this year--more than double the pace of the mid-1990s, when housing was inarguably a great buy, according to Booksinprint.com Still, "there has never been a better time to invest in real estate," says LeGrand, whose strategy is to hold properties "days, weeks or maybe months--never years." The crush of today's printed advice is aimed at investors, not people looking for a place to live. It boils down to three tips...
Harvard drew Rhode Island—a four-and-one-half length winner over Exeter University—in the round of 16 the following day. The Crimson backed off its torrid first-round pace, passing the Barrier and Fawley spots in 2:00 and 3:20 respectively...