A home-grown solution to African hunger
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- A home-grown solution to African hunger
- Asia news wrap: 2 February 2006 vnunet.com Asia news wrap: 2 February…
- A Probusiness State of the Union
- Hot Options for Release, Relaxation
- Google and Wall Street
A home-grown solution to African hunger
Christian Science Monitor – Feb 1, 2006
In fact, people here see Dr. Chinkhuntha as a kind of water wizard of Malawi. He’s proof, some say, that despite climate change, poverty, and other obstacles, home-grown solutions do exist for Africa’s recurring hunger problems. “What he does is amazing,” says Jackson Kachidede, an irrigation expert with CARE, an aid group here – especially compared to what’s happening across southern and eastern Africa. Roughly 5 million of Malawi’s 12 million people need more food, in part because of changing rainfall patterns. In Kenya, drought is partly responsible for a fast-growing crisis in which 4 million face starvation. In all, aid agencies say, 12 million people in southern Africa – and 6 million in east Africa – are hungry.
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VNUNet.com – Feb 2, 2006
The development of the home grown standard is part of a drive to reduceChina’s reliance on foreign-owned technology as the country moves to strengthenthe protection of intellectual property rights. China’s telecoms authorities are expected to allocate three licences tooperate 3G networks later this year. Local research firm.
A Probusiness State of the Union
BusinessWeek – Feb 1, 2006
Despite intense pressure from social conservatives and conservative GOP populists, Bush stood firm against immigration restrictions that cut off economic opportunities for all newcomers. “We hear claims that immigrants are somehow bad for the economy, even though this economy could not function without them,” he told lawmakers, some of whom are pushing immigration law changes that Bush opposes. Such talk is music to the ears of businesses that rely on immigrant labor. But the President will have to hang tough to avoid tough immigration restrictions sought by his party’s right wing. Trade liberalization. Bush rebuked protectionists in his own party and isolationists in both parties. The doubters, he argued, embrace “forms of economic retreat, and they lead in the same direction: toward a stagnant and second-rate economy… Like consumers, businesses have been hurt by rising energy prices, and the President renewed his call for long-term energy self-sufficiency. His weapons: home-grown American products such as ethanol and green technology. He wasn’t an Al Gore clone, but the President didn’t mention drilling under the Alaskan tundra or other controversial pronouncements of the past. Though much of the business community likes what Bush said, some wanted to hear more about aggressive production and short-term relief from soaring natural gas prices. Says National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler: “We had hoped President Bush would forcefully address this fundamental contradiction in our energy policy and were disappointed that he did not. ” With gas prices on voters’ minds, energy policy is sure to remain atop the political agenda in ’06.
Hot Options for Release, Relaxation
Washington Post – Feb 1, 2006
The Mayan village of Tulum, Mexico, boasts several options for the traveling yogi, but we’ve got our eye on. Three, five or six-night programs that offer yoga, as well as biking, kayaking, and a creative use of the word ‘exercise’ (flamenco workout, beach body sculpt, silent beach walk). Getting SportyBaseball hounds, let’s scrap spring training in Clearwater this year and catch a few innings at the first-ever. worldbaseballclassic.
Google and Wall Street
Washington Post – Feb 1, 2006
Any particular reason you were so rah-rah about the company?David A. Vise: The Google Story is the first biography of the hottest business, media and technology success of our time. That is why the book, which I believe is fair and accurate, is positive. The Google Story takes a critical look at Google’s tepid response to the issue of click fraud. It also takes a critical look at various other issues. But on balance, when you consider that this is the only new mega-brand created on the Internet in a decade, and that Google has billions of users around the world in more than 100 languages,and when you recognize that Sergey Brin and Larry Page have a long-term vision, then the only conclusion to reach is that this is a remarkable firm, at least at this point in its evolution. The questions are how well it will manage rapid growth, how it handles greater scrutiny from Washington and other governments, and whether it can hold onto the collection of brainiacs at the Googleplex who are wealthy.