(2.8.2005) Fed Economist: There Was No "New Economy" in the 1990s (2.8.2005) Stabilized Growth vs. "Managing" a Free Economy The social costs of economic downturns can be expensive, but is it the central bank's job to be "smarter" than the market? (2.8.2005) Do Producer Checkoff Programs Serve as a Bulwark Against Meatpacker Concentration? (2.8.2005) Pope's Top Deputy Says John Paul II Might Resign Health problems could force it (2.8.2005) Tony Blair Promises Tighter UK Immigration Controls Includes skill requirements and a "Britishness" test (2.8.2005) Big is the New Small Mobile phone from the Czech Republic is so big, it looks like a regular office phone with a keypad attached. But it's a cell phone. (2.8.2005) Secretary Rice Conciliatory in Paris Speech (2.8.2005) British Chopper Pilot Delivers Pizza to Girlfriend on Company Time (2.8.2005) New Precaution for Web Browsers "Homograph attacks" exploit the fact that certain codes can be used to generate regular characters...for example, the ampersand sign (&) can either be typed in or coded as "& a m p ;" (without the spaces). The computer recognizes them differently, but it shows up as the same to the user's eye. That's a problem when someone can "spoof" words like "Amazon" or "eBay" or "PayPal." (2.8.2005) France, Germany Shameless About Arms Exports Not the brightest idea to sell weapons to China right at the moment. Time for some political reforms there first. (2.8.2005) Ghost of Nixon Haunts South Korea Political party trying to excuse itself for wiretapping its opponents (2.8.2005) The Other End of Outsourcing The half of international trade and outsourcing that most opponents forget is that the US exports things like cultural products to the rest of the world. What will happen in 40 years when world leaders will have all grown up watching the same cartoons as kids? (2.8.2005) Wal-Mart Sales to China Up 28% Last Year How does the whole "Made in the USA" thing do over there? The Taco Bell/Pizza Hut/KFC group added 300 stores in 2004 and had a 26% increase in sales. Given China's persistent disregard for intellectual property, how long with the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices remain hush-hush? (2.8.2005) Compulsory Old-Age Savings The President's plan is an improvement over the current system, but it could be even better |