| GOP Candidates Hone Arguments Before Debate, Huckabee Surge Makes Him ...
With 36 days until the leadoff Iowa caucuses, Republican candidates are crystallizing their arguments in an ever-tightening race where the attacks are flying from all sides. Issues like illegal immigration, gun control, fiscal discipline, crime and abortion rights are taking center stage in the GOP arena, and will likely surface at a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., Wednesday night. Watch Wednesday night for live blogging on the debate from the FOX News political team on Carl Cameron's campaign Web log. Click here to read the blog. But in a competition much tighter than the Democratic contest, frontrunner Rudy Giuliani has kept busy fending off accusations on his record from multiple candidates. A new blemish surfaced Wednesday when Politico.com published an article saying Giuliani billed obscure New York City agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in travel expenses at the time the former mayor was starting an extramarital affair in the Hamptons with Judith Nathan, who later became his third wife.
Perform or Perish
Making matters trickier, the broad-based layoffs of yore won't be easy to pull off now. U.S. companies are relatively lean after four years of lackluster job growth. Andrew Metrick, an associate professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, notes that it was far easier to trim payrolls in the early 1990s, after the bloat of the 1980s, than it will be next year. Cuts are always painful, but the next wave could be gruesome. None of this, however, has slowed the parade of CEOs moving to private equity firms. The lure: big equity stakes in the companies they manage and, if all goes well, big paydays when the companies are sold. For example, in the four years since buyout firm TPG recruited former Gap (GPS ) CEO Millard "Mickey" Drexler to run clothier J. Crew Group (JCG ), which he took public in July, 2006, the CEO has hauled in more than $323 million, reckons compensation researcher Equilar.
Three matchmakers try to help, but Mr. Wrong leads her to Mr. Wow
Lisa Ronis is sitting in a coffee shop with her French hound, Stella, leaving a sparkling message: "I've found the man for you. His name is John. He's hilarious, sexy, and I've given him your number. Let's chat!" For most people this would be a social call, but Ronis is hard at work. She is a professional matchmaker, a member of a booming nationwide industry. There are more than 1,000 private matchmakers in the United States today, according to Marketdata Enterprises, a research group in Florida. And there's even a school to train them: The Matchmaking Institute in New York City molds novice meddlers into professional love brokers. "It's all about efficiency," says Rachel Greenwald, a professional matchmaker in Colorado. "If, say, you're a busy executive, a third-party setup saves you the time it takes to slog through all the dating arenas — spending hours at a crowded party only to go home having met no one." Since it's one thing to hear about the wonders of matchmaking from those who sell the service and quite another to experience it yourself, I decided to test the viability of this venerable institution by asking three matchmakers to work their magic on me.
S.C. voters prepare to make history
Edwards told Britt he would change the federal No Child Left Behind Act, work for universal pre-kindergarten and get more money into poor schools. In Charleston, he also talked about ending trade deals. "I've seen in a very personal way what these trade deals have done to the people of South Carolina," he said. "When I'm your president, we're going to have a different policy with real labor and environmental standards, and we're going to close these tax loopholes for companies that are sending jobs overseas. No more." .
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Rural Bulletin Survey Results: Snapshot…
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has developed proposals for a first step towards national guidelines for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Until now there have been no national standards for managing WEEE, despite some electronic parts in computers, mobile phones, and other equipment containing dangerous compounds. At the centre of the guidelines is the principle that all members of the recycling chain have a “duty of care” to ensure than the disposable of electronic or electric products do not have a negative effect on the environment. Submissions close on 23 November 2007. You can view the proposed guidelines at: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/weee-good-practice-guidelines-sep07/weee-good-practice-guidelines-sep07.pdf. An online submission form is at: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/special/e-waste/good-practice-guidelines.html#submission Environmental Standards: Electricity Transmission Have your say on two proposed national environmental standards for electricity transmission.
Tyl Presents Program On Internet Safety
Leonard J. Tyl Middle School is presenting a program about Internet safety to parents next month. The free program is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 6 and is sponsored by the Montville Public Schools and the Montville DARE Committee. The program will explain the dangers of being online for children — chat rooms, blogs, online dating, Web cams and cell phones — review "chat" abbreviations, explain the warning signs of Internet misuse and explain how to keep your child safe while using the Internet. .
Paul Allen's seed money helps arts organizations grow and prosper
Of that, nearly $4 million went for arts and culture, nearly $4 million to community development and social change, and $1.7 million to youth engagement programs. About $2.5 million went to Puget Sound arts groups such as ACT Theatre, Bellevue Arts Museum, Henry Gallery, Kirkland Arts Center, Maureen Whiting Dance, On the Boards, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pat Graney Performance, Seattle Arts and Lectures, Seattle Chamber Players, Seattle Opera, Seattle Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Theatre Group, Tacoma Art Museum, Town Hall, Velocity Dance Center and the Village Theatre. Although figures vary from year to year, the foundation often gives more money to the arts than most key funders in the region. "The Allen foundation gives a lot of money to arts groups that would be hard to replace," said James F.
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