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May 18, 2007 |
Saudi company in lead to buy GE Plastics
CNNMoney
Riyadh-based chemicals company Saudi Basic Industries is in the lead to buy General Electric's plastics business, a source familiar with the situation said Friday. |
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May 17, 2007 |
Wolfowitz to leave World Bank in June
CNNMoney
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will step down from the position by June 30, according to a joint statement released Thursday by the bank and Wolfowitz. |
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May 16, 2007 |
Congress votes to delay Mexican Truckers
San Diego Union Tribune
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill yesterday that would delay and make substantial changes to a Bush administration program to test the ability of Mexican truck drivers to operate safely in the United States. |
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May 15, 2007 |
A Borderless Asia: Vision for Regional Integration
Miscellaneous
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the kind invitation to speak about a possible vision for regional integration in Asia. I should note at the outset that the views I will express are my own, and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF Policy. A great deal of progress has been made in integrating Asian economies. And I would like to submit today that the experience of the European Community as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement can provide valuable lessons for Asia as it continues to broaden and deepen this integration. |
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May 14, 2007 |
The world government Law of the Sea treaty: it's baaaaack!
RenewAmerica
Those who scheme night and day to curb America's sovereignty never — never ever ever — give up. Possessed with something akin to the patience of the Asian mind, they brush off defeat as if it were some annoying flyspeck, and then redouble their efforts. |
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May 14, 2007 |
Lest We be LOST at Sea
Acuracy In Media
Just as defenders of American sovereignty thought they could relax the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) could be revisited by the Senate. Don't take my word for it but consider a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) by Establishment leaders, such as David Rockefeller, Jr., former Secretaries of State Colin Powell, Madeleine K. Albright and James A. Baker III; and Leon E. Panetta, Chairman, Pew Oceans Commission. The letter could be a warning to millions of Americans who do not want our country's affairs at sea micromanaged by a world body.
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May 14, 2007 |
Indiana: Privatization remains a tug of war
Indianapolis Star
With roads, prisons and welfare services contracted out to private companies to one degree or another, Statehouse Democrats this year were ready to put the brakes on Gov. Mitch Daniels's outsourcing push. |
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May 14, 2007 |
Thirsty world needs higher water prices: OECD
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Governments must put a higher price on water to help tackle growing shortages in a world threatened by climate change, the head of the OECD said on Monday. |
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May 14, 2007 |
EU's TAFTA modeled on NAFTA
Newsweek
For the better part of a decade, he bestrode Europe like few other politicians--a truly transformative leader in the tradition of a Thatcher or de Gaulle. Tony Blair was often divisive. He was never the ardent European many hoped. Yet, as he prepares to stand down as prime minister, the question inevitably arises: who, in Europe, can fill his shoes? |
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May 13, 2007 |
Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty
Worldnet Daily
In a move that has already angered some of his most ardent supporters, President Bush has asked the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate to revive a proposal for ratification of the United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty, an international agreement defeated two years ago by Republican leadership in the upper house. |
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