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Thursday?s proposal is groundbreaking - not only because it affects the bulk of an entire industry, but because it also signals a sea change in corporate attitudes towards same-sex couples. In the end, though, like most things, it was a decision driven by economics: In a tight labor market the companies felt they could no longer afford to exclude a significant part of the labor force. And despite the thoroughly modern nature of the proposal, its fate came down to an old-fashioned cost-benefit analysis: Industry insiders reportedly weighed the damage potential of the proposal, and decided...
...Missile Treaty, which forbids its deployment, leaving Washington facing the choice of backing off from the system or tearing up a key arms control agreement. When he first endorsed National Missile Defense in principle, President Clinton punted that issue three years forward pending the outcome of tests. And even though his self-imposed deadline may now be upon him, gaping holes in the testing program may create just the political cover he needs to leave the dilemma to his successor...
...Consumer Price Index front next Wednesday, the marketeers might be ready to lock into a slow-boiling, summer-long uptick based on the assumption that Greenspan is finally off their backs. But between now and then? Friday's pleasant rally turns to next week's nail-biting, and though Wednesday should be reassuring, nervousness is a very hard habit for these markets to break...
...though the limits on transfer applications may deter some students, Sit says the process isn't that much more complicated than everything else at Harvard...
...regional peace broker," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "And, of course, the fact that the major threat from North Korea is weapons-technology exports to countries such as Iran gives China added significance as the only country able to restrain the North Koreans." The biggest beneficiaries of rapprochement, though, would be North Korea, which stands to gain billions of dollars in aid and investment from the South to rebuild its stagnant economy. In return, South Koreans want Pyongyang to allow reunions among the hundreds of thousands of Korean families divided by the cease-fire line...