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...government's challenge has become clear. But the early setbacks have not deterred companies from setting up shop in or near Washington to get closer to the action. In the past year, Raytheon and EMC launched a joint government IT unit, and SAP relocated its global public-sector headquarters to the Washington area. And PeopleSoft launched two new products designed for the Homeland Security market...
...INDICATORS Batteries Weren't Included Game Group, the U.K.'s largest computer-games retailer, announced a profits warning amid "disappointing" Christmas sales. This put a chill on all retail stocks, with the exception of the coal-in-the-stocking sector...
...those who work with them, like the local dancers murdered in the Mombasa bombing--is among the most distressing developments of the past year. Taking aim at resorts in the developing world hurts those who can least afford it. In many poor countries, tourism is the fastest-growing sector of the economy and the one that offers the easiest pathway from poverty to a better and happier life. In Kenya, tourism employs about 500,000 people and, with the collapse of prices for commodities like tea and coffee, has become one of the most important sources of foreign exchange. Those...
Trading Places Sweden's OM stock exchange operator is to join forces with the London Stock Exchange on a new derivatives-only venture called EDS London. The move comes ahead of an anticipated boom in trading activity as desks switch from country-based dealing to sector-based dealing...
...viable" way to end the political and economic crisis. Banks, supermarkets and the vital oil industry have all been seriously affected by the strike, which began Dec. 2. Venezuelans were stocking up on food and gasoline, worried that supplies would soon run out. Opposition parties - backed by the public-sector unions and National Business Association - accuse the President of promoting class hatred, and of taking the country toward Cuban-style socialism. But Chávez maintained he would survive what he called "the terrorist-fascist strike," and refused to discuss elections. He said his opponents were trying to destabilize...