President Chen upped the stakes even more by holding Taiwan's first ever popular referendum.

When Sony came back with a 2 billion bid, CBS could not refuse.

It ought to be possible to persuade governments in those countries to curb such behavior by holding out the prospect of substantial rewards.

Google increased its bid several times, ultimately offering as much as 4.4 billion.

Mr Kuchma has now endorsed an investigation, even suggesting that foreign experts be included.

On the other hand, the G 7 made a truly important contribution in offering debt relief.

The IMF, for a change, did a good job, providing interim financing and throwing its political backing behind Lula after the elections.

Managing the multi billion euro giant of the Lombardy health sector while remaining firmly anchored to the feudal throne, is a mighty feat. To add a sneer at the professional journalists, by means of a job offer for a press officer, is a virtuosity worthy of a circus.

Some of Novell's NetWare supporters have taken it upon themselves to petition Novell to keep NetWare in development.

Anyone interested may come and register as a 'lot,' proposing to go get a coffee or take a trip to the cinema with the highest bidder.

But then the country built an industrial park near Addis Ababa and invited the Chinese shoemaker Huajian to open a factory there.

Atwww.350.org you can find out what is happening near you and join in, or put your own idea online.

Europe should lead by example offering the world the benefit of its deep experience of financial diplomacy and volunteering to take the first steps forward.

Social media has irrevocably changed the way we do business, offering us a new model to engage with customers, colleagues, and the world at large.

By reinforcing their alliance, the US and Japan can hedge against uncertainty while at the same time offering China integration into global institutions as a responsible stakeholder.

The Ministry of Culture later elaborated on the Internet tax idea, proposing to create a registry of copyrighted creative content online, making it easier to track consumption.

In 2007, Zero launched a green campaign, suggesting his friends and fans to turn off their electricity every Sunday from 7 53 to 8 00 p.m.

Yes, there is a 35 hour workweek, but companies can negotiate around the limit by offering to pay more for overtime.

By reinforcing their alliance, the US and Japan can hedge against uncertainty while at the same time offering China integration into global institutions as a responsible stakeholder.

When the first visitors arrived, they encountered a skeleton crew of guards, who actually led journalists on a tour of the property, inviting them to take photographs in order to reveal how Ukraine's President lives.

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has given an ultimatum to the United States, demanding a choice be made between Turkey and Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic preacher accused of organising the coup.

Two years ago, China trumped Japan by offering a Free Trade Agreement to the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, while front loading its own tariff concessions.

In a rather obscure linguistic debate, Hamas has in previous negotiation rounds refused to commit itself to past PLO agreements with Israel, but has instead offered to respect them.

South Korean President Lee Myung bak has wisely begun to prepare for that contingency by proposing a special Unification Tax to help pay the costs of the Kim dynasty s eventual disintegration.

Despite a softening economy, British Prime Minister David Cameron is promising to stay the austerity course. Obama, too, is sticking to his guns with his recent proposal for an additional 450 billion of government expenditure and tax cuts to help boost employment.

Obama, too, is sticking to his guns with his recent proposal for an additional 450 billion of government expenditure and tax cuts to help boost employment.

Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev has written a letter to President Vladimir Putin, proposing amendments to the new data retention law and suggesting that Russians personal data could be stored abroad with the permission of the owners.

Through a proposal for a first aid training program after helping a traffic accident victim in a very difficult situation, she was able to contact the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Earlier this month, a similar episode took place in St. Petersburg, where the lieutenant governor came under fire for telling citizens to clean up their own streets, when snow removal crews don t show up.

FLORENCE Faced with an embarrassing strike by Air France pilots during the World Cup, the French government purchased labor peace by, among other things, offering striking pilots a big ownership stake in their company. Such employee ownership, uncritically lumped together with socialist nostrums over the years, was once widely dismissed as a nutty, ideological illusion.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has similarly surged to the forefront of global problem solving, putting forward a bold action plan on climate change and proposing new and practical means to address the MDGs.

The Syrian government itself has realized that it must demonstrate its willingness for dialogue by offering Israel unconditional negotiations, receiving the Iraqi and Palestinian presidents for talks in Damascus, and supporting intra Palestinian talks.

FLORENCE Faced with an embarrassing strike by Air France pilots during the World Cup, the French government purchased labor peace by, among other things, offering striking pilots a big ownership stake in their company.

MADRID Twenty five years ago, at a summit in Rejkjavik, Iceland, US President Ronald Reagan stunned the world and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, by proposing global and comprehensive elimination of all nuclear weapons.

The Clinton administration had called for bold action as far back as 1993, proposing what was in effect a tax on carbon emissions but an alliance of polluters, led by the coal, oil, and auto industries beat back this initiative.

As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely questioned the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.

After hearing of the pioneering GUI technology being developed at Xerox PARC, Jobs had negotiated a visit to see the Xerox Alto computer and its Smalltalk development tools in exchange for Apple stock options.