Business doesn’t understand the terror threat
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Business doesn’t understand the terror threat
Telegraph.co.uk – May 12, 2007
bullet{padding:30px 0px 0px 5px;margin:0px;font:30px georgia,serif;color:#369;display:block}. iframe{padding-bottom:10px}. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest insurance market, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies, has warned that any organisation can find itself caught up in an episode as terrorists focus on causing mass casualties and major economic damage. Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s, said: “No-one should be in any doubt that home-grown terrorism has the potential to disrupt business significantly. However, although most business leaders are increasingly worried about it, they have also told us that they currently understand very little about what home-grown terrorism risk means for their business. “The report added that:• Some businesses are more vulnerable than others to terrorism.
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Sunday Herald – May 12, 2007
Despite Javier’s automotive munificence, Espanyol are not a wealthy club and they’ve built their side with guile and savvy more than cold, hard cash. Credit must go to Valverde and his sporting director, Paco Herrera, formerly Rafa Benitez’s number two at Anfield. The side is a blend of home-grown kids – there could be as many as five on Wednesday – and bargain buys who were written off elsewhere. Ivan De La Pena is, of course, the most extreme example. Ten years ago he was the brightest star in Barcelona’s young midfield, the heir apparent to Pep Guardiola, spraying balls all over the Nou Camp with supreme confidence. He moved to Lazio for £13m, in the summer of 1998 and, almost overnight, his career seemed to die. In the next four years he bounced around between Lazio, Marseille and Barcelona, making a total of 10 league starts… And yet, bit by bit, he lifted himself and his new club. Espanyol’s midfield is built in such a way as to insulate him and his most obvious weaknesses, the ones that prevented him from making the grade (lack of pace, personality and physical strength) earlier in his career. With a tough-tacking midfielder like the home-grown Moises at his side, De La Pena can still provide enough creativity on the attacking end without becoming a liability defensively. Out wide, Espanyol rely on other illustrious cast-offs, such as Francisco Rufete, who was shown the door after five years at Valencia, and Luis Garcia, a Real Madrid product who was let go before he had a chance to shine. The latter, who can also play as a centre-forward, has arguably been the side’s best player this season, along with the Cameroonian goalkeeper Carlos Kameni. But Espanyol supporters are perhaps most proud of the fact that the spine of their team is made up of home-grown players. With the central defensive pairing of Daniel Jarque and Marc Torrejon at the back, the aforementioned Moises in midfield and the inspirational Raul Tamudo up front Espanyol are a rarity in the modern game.
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Guardian Unlimited – May 12, 2007
Farming is now a global industry but British farmers cannot compete with giant agri-businesses in countries with longer growing seasons and cheaper workforces. The supermarkets scour the world for the cheapest produce with no thought for the consequences of their actions at home. This week asparagus growers complained about a mysterious glut of foreign spears in the shops just when the first home grown ones were ready. Next week it could be the lettuce growers, the cattle industry or just about anyone else. John VidalHow would an independent NHS work?Gordon Brown is widely assumed to be considering freeing the NHS in England from day-to-day ministerial control. He could do this by ceding responsibility to an independent board of governors, operating similarly to the BBC. The governors would supervise a board of managers who would run the service, organise its 1.
France braces for change as an outsider takes charge
Jamaica Observer – May 12, 2007
It is a world leader in many fields of innovation. Plug in a stylish, modern kitchen appliance and almost eight times out of ten, the electricity that powers it comes from a nuclear reactor – France generates more power from nukes than any other country in the world. It has the best health-care system in the world; an extensive railway system some of whose trains travel faster than many planes; an independent military with home-grown fighter jets, nuclear submarines and a nuclear aircraft carrier; and apart from Russia, is the only European power with its own space complex, in French Guiana. Interestingly, some 75 million tourists travel to France each year, making it the most visited country in the world. But it also has the highest tax burden in Europe (about 50 per cent in 2005); its economy grows at only 1. 7 per cent a year, the slowest in the European Union; unemployment is nine per cent and among young people, 22 per cent; and public debt stands at 51 per cent of the Gross National Product, which makes it dangerously high in the eyes of many economic observers. The election campaign featured a new concern for France: fear about public safety.
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SportingNews.com – May 12, 2007
Here are the reasons why it all came together. Manager Ned Yost and GM Doug Melvin have built their core through their minor league system, and have done an exceptional job at doing so. Players like Rickie Weeks, JJ Hardy, Bill Hall, and Prince Fielder are all home grown players who have thrived this season and are really coming into their own. The stream of prospects haven’t finished coming in, with top 3B prospect Ryan Braun, and ace pitching prospect Yovani Gallardo well on their way to the bigs. They also have a good number of veteran players like Craig Counsell, Tony Graffanino, Geoff Jenkins, and Damian Miller who know their roles on the team, and are good mentors in the locker room for the young studs in the order. Another big staple on the team is their very strong pitching staff, led by their very good rotation. With Ben Sheets, Chris Capuano, offseason acquisiton Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush, and Claudio Vargas there isn’t really a hole in the bunch.