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...relatively restricted clientele in Latin America because it takes a lot more money to Net surf there than it does in the U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) charge access fees as high as $50 a month, and calls on traditional phone lines, which are mostly metered rather than per use, remain expensive. Across Latin America, these costs add up. Depending on the long-distance configuration, 20 hours of Web surfing can cost a single user between $20 and $300. Throw in at least $700 for a computer with a modem, and for many the information revolution is still a dream...
...toward easing public suspicion of stock-option grants. It would also bring those countries closer to the more transparent corporate practices of the U.S.--a prospect, admittedly, at which many Europeans still bristle. As the equity-driven start-up wave of the new economy hits the Continent, the use of options by European businesses is bound to increase. And the larger debate will continue to rage: In a time of near ludicrous stock valuations, does anyone really deserve the fortunes gained through stock options? "If you're a new-economy kind of guy you would say yes--the value...
NORTH DAKOTA 1st in drivers who don't use safety belts...
...role and some sort of short-term happy ending. Unionist leader David Trimble was battling Monday to persuade hard-liners on his own side to at least give serious attention to an IRA offer over the weekend to begin putting its weapons "completely and verifiably beyond use." The offer, which would involve storing weapons at dumps where they can be accounted for by members of the international commission that will supervise the region's disarmament, is the Republican militants' response to pressure for progress on the decommissioning of their arms after Britain in February suspended Northern Ireland's self-rule...
...almost three years since they adopted their latest cease-fire, they refuse to simply hand over their weapons as long as the British army remains in Northern Ireland because they perceive that would be to surrender their legitimacy. Hence the convoluted semantics of "completely and verifiably beyond use." But the Unionists regard the IRA gunmen as nothing more than criminals, and despite the carefully choreographed measures prescribed by the Good Friday Agreement, Trimble has faced a growing mutiny within his own ranks over sharing the reins of government with the Sinn Fein while their IRA allies still have access...