Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Men motivated by 'superior wage'

"On receiving a paypacket, how good a man feels depends on how much his colleague earns in comparison, scientists say. Scans reveal that being paid more than a co-worker stimulates the "reward centre" in the male brain. Traditional economic theory assumes the only important...

Cuba's Raul Castro unveils aircraft ownership reform

"Published on Saturday, November 17, 2007 HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Interim leader Raul Castro has unveiled arguably the most significant economic reform since taking the helm in communist Cuba, announcing that in some cases aircraft can be privately owned. It is major news in a...

Five state firms expected to go public in 2008

""Actually, sixteen state firms ate the target of our revitalization and privatization program. But at present only five of them have sufficient potential to enter the capital market," Djalil said on Monday. He said his office would select which state-owned companies were...

N.Y. Times to end paid Web service

Put your hand up if you called it.  "N.Y. Times to end paid Web service Reuters August 7, 2007 at 1:14 PM EDT NEW YORK — Access to columnists and op-ed pieces on a section of website known as TimesSelect to be free, N.Y. Post reports The New York Times Co. plans to...

9/11 Families Hand-Deliver Petition to Congress

"September 11th Advocates Regarding Declassification and Release of Documents June 18, 2007 The Public's Right to Know - Declassification and Release of Documents petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html ) surpassed 15,000 signatures. As promised, we have...