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...team Republicans sitting it out? Private-sector jobs are more lucrative for some. Others don't want to give up safe House seats, or they find governorships more rewarding than the highly partisan Senate, where they can get little done. But even though "we couldn't live up to the 2002 recruiting," says a G.O.P. official, the political math still leaves the party "pretty happy where we are for 2004." The Democrats need to pick up two seats to win back the Senate--a tough assignment, since they have 19 seats to defend, compared with just 15 for the Republicans...
...research firm Sifo shows 47% of voters are against the euro and 41% in favor. But the momentum appears to be behind the yes camp, which has picked up a substantial seven percentage points in the last week. The poll reveals a surprising pattern of opinion: men in private-sector jobs tend to favor the euro, while women in public-sector jobs are opposed. Urban voters are more likely to favor the euro - Stockholm overwhelmingly supports the yes camp - while people in small towns and rural areas are against. The campaign has even divided the government, with Prime Minister...
...voters' minds. The real opposition to the euro is political. The fright scenario is: the European Union will eventually adopt measures to harmonize taxes, which will mean a cutback in high-tax countries like Sweden. The government will respond by cutting the budget, which will translate into slashing public-sector jobs like teachers and nurses. These jobs are held mostly by women, which helps explain female hostility to the euro. "We would give away the power over our economy," says Zaida Catalán, a Green Party activist who was talking down the euro at Stockholm's Central Station last...
...future of the economy for the first time since last September. Consumption is also beginning to inch up. GfK, a firm that tracks consumer trends, said its index of consumption rose from 4.2 in July to 4.5 in August, signalling that Germans are expected to spend more. "The digital sector is booming," says Marcus Neuhaus, manager of a ProMarkt electronics and appliance chain store on Berlin's trendy Kurfürstendamm. According to Neuhaus, sales of high-end TVs costing between €4,000 and €7,000 are up 15-20% this year. Digital cameras, laptops and even...
...Only three or four years ago, high-paying jobs were largely limited to India's famed technology sector, centered in the southern city of Bangalore?only engineering geeks needed apply. Now more diverse foreign businesses are taking advantage of India's low-cost, highly educated work force. Add the fast-growing Indian companies, especially in the service sector, and the result is that good jobs become available to anyone with a college degree. Bharti Tele-Ventures, India's largest mobile-phone service provider, has hired 1,600 customer-service staff over the past two years. Wipro Spectramind had only...