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Mastering the Art of Effective Decision Making

Two managers can be equally knowledgeable, yet one may be wildly successful while the other mediocre at best. What's the difference? The ability to make wise decisions. Here you'll find five articles on the strategies you need to master this essential management skill. Are You a Good...

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Articles 2008-01-11

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EGYPT - Dec 29 - Opposition Says Mubarak Blessed Israeli Attacks

Egyptian opposition has reacted furiously to Israel's deadly airstrikes on Gaza, and accused the government of President Hosni Mubarak of blessing the raids to weaken Hamas. "The decision to strike at Gaza was made in Cairo following talks between Ahmad Abul Geit [Egypt's FM] and Israeli FM Tzipi Livni", said...

Articles 2009-12-31

TELECOMMUNICATIONS : TELECOMS PACKAGE LEAVES COMMISSION, EP AND COUNCIL IN DISCORD.

After a year of debate, the ambitious telecoms package proposed by the European Commission in November 2007 could be emptied of its substance. Though on 27 November the Telecoms Council only gave its decision at first reading on this reform of EU rules, which is supposed ...

Articles 2009-12-02

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS : COMMISSION ENDORSES FRENCH REMEDIES.

The European Commission has welcomed the proposal by the French telecommunications regulator ARCEP to control the termination rates charged between mobile phone operators. These wholesale charges cover the costs of switching calls from one network to another. In a letter addressed to ARCEP,...

Articles 2009-12-02

Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Company, Inc.: an introduction with questions

I. INTRODUCTION The Plains Commerce Bank (1) case began as a routine case in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court system between a rancher and a bank that had been doing business together for "many years" (2) on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The rancher was an Indian...

Articles 2009-09-22

Instituting Change

Canadian Water Politics: Conflicts and Institutions, Mark Sproule-Jones, Carolyn Johns, B. Timothy Heinmiller, eds., Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008, 360 pages. Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers, Oran R. Young, Leslie A. King and Heike Schroeder, eds., Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2008, 400...

Articles 2009-08-01

Debating Dinner

Food, Sex and Salmonella: Why Our Food is Making Us Sick, David Waltner-Toews, Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2008,256 pages. FOOD in Canada has never been cheaper: only 10 per cent of our income is now spent in the grocery store, half of what this number was 40 years ago....

Articles 2009-08-01

A custom XD[M] duo: that "M" stands for more

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever picked up a handgun and you suddenly stopped in midconversation because something was, simply, right about it? It felt right in your hand? You can pick up legions of handguns and find some are too blocky, too skinny, too...

Articles 2009-07-01

Question of the month

"HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 'MEANT' TO DO IN LIFE?" Jen Hendershott 2005 AND 2008 FITNESS OLYMPIA WINNER "Honestly, I think you just know. I spent five years getting my college degree to be a kindergarden teacher and once I started teaching, I...

Articles 2009-07-01

The First 60 Seconds: Win the Interview Before It Even Begins

Work Title: The First 60 Seconds: Win the Interview Before It Even Begins Work Authors: Dan Burns Sourcebooks Softcover $12.99 (288pp) Business & Economics ISBN: 9781402216763 Reviewer: Barry Silverstein Many job seekers agonize over their resumé...

Articles 2009-07-01

Libya to set up bank in region.(THE REGION)

Libya will set up a commercial bank in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OECS region, reports Caribbean Net News (June 8, 2009). The decision was taken after discussions St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves had with Libyan leader Muammar Al Gaddafi, in...

Articles 2009-07-01

Hedge fund liquidated.(CAYMAN ISLANDS)

Dynamic Decisions Capital Management Ltd.'s main hedge fund is being liquidated by court-appointed administrators here after investors raised questions about its bond holdings, reports Bloomberg (May 30, 2009). Hugh Dickson and Stephen Akers, partners at Grant Thornton LLP, were named the official liquidators by the Grand...

Articles 2009-07-01

Cuba declines OAS offer.(Organization of American States)(Brief article)

Cuba declined to return to the Organization of American States OAS, despite hailing a landmark decision to lift the body's 47-year ban on Havana as a "major victory.", reports AFP (June 5, 2009): The OAS vote is "a major victory for Latin America...

Articles 2009-07-01

Cement factory impasse.(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

The Ministry of Environment is confronting its first credibility crisis after Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal gave the go-ahead for the construction of a cement factory 3 kms outside the Los Haitises National Park. He defended the decision on the grounds that it will be...

Articles 2009-07-01

Ustrendy.Com Is Where The Next Fashion Lives

Trendy.com, Waltham, Mass., a website synonymous with pushing the fashion envelope, is at it again! UsTrendy has launched a Runway Competition for up and coming designers to compete for a chance of a lifetime to have their very own runway show in a major fashion week. ...

Articles 2009-07-01

New AA flights.(PUERTO RICO)

Negotiations among Gov. Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico Tourism Co. PRTC Exec. Dir. Jaime Lopez Diaz and American Airlines AA resulted in the decision to reinstate the popular Washington Dulles route and increase flight frequency to and from Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles, reports Caribbean Business (June...

Articles 2009-07-01

Gold concession ended.(VENEZUELA)

Venezuela has ended a concession held by US-based miner Gold Reserve in one of Latin America's largest gold deposits, part of a strategy to increase state control of key economic sectors, reports Reuters (May 26, 2009): The official gazette said government had not...

Articles 2009-07-01

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer New York: Penguin Press, 2009 499 pp. $29.95 ISBN: 978-1-59420-198-1 We are building the bridge to the future while...

Articles 2009-07-01

Lawfare: a decisive element of 21st-century conflicts?

If anyone doubts the role of law in 21st-century conflicts, one need only pose the following question: what was the U.S. military's most serious setback since 9/11? Few knowledgable experts would say anything other than the detainee abuse scandal known as "Abu Ghraib." That this strategic military disaster did not...

Articles 2009-07-01

TRAPEZE NETWORKS WINNING SHARE IN CHALLENGING WLAN MARKET.

Trapeze Networks, Pleasanton, Calif. a Belden brand (NYSE:BDC) has announced that the Gartner Dataquest Q1, 2009 Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment Marketshare report(1) shows Trapeze Networks' market share increased by more than 30% in revenues on Trapeze branded products from Q4,08 to Q1,09. ...

Articles 2009-07-01