Opening statements begin today in a class action lawsuit brought against the U.S. subsidiary of Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.

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As businesses proliferate and incomes begin to rise, an emerging middle class will develop the civil customs and institutions that make a country less likely to fall into the grip of kleptomaniacal thugs.

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According to recent news reports, Russia is seeking to begin deploying a new class of ballistic missile submarines and their Bulava missiles before the end of 2012, preceded by sea trials of both.

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The result will be a new class of pocket-sized, battery-powered gizmos that will begin shipping this quarter.

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In this space last week, we reported that a sixth-grade class dubbed the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), is supposed to begin teaching students in September inside a New York public school.

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One is there is a provision called the CLASS Act, which is going to allow workers in the current workforce to begin to voluntarily decide to have a payroll check-off and put aside some money that they can draw on later to provide the kind of residential care that I think is being talked about.

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