The US pressure rose yesterday when John Kerry offered a stark choice: agree an inspection regime or risk the prospects of getting a crucial climate change law through the Senate.

昨天，美国施加的压力增加了，约翰·克里提出一个严峻的选择：同意检查制度，否则争取参议院通过关键的气候变化法将有风险。

youdao

For the stark truth is this: more than half the world lacks either the will or the power to embrace law and freedom as we know it.

因为这种现状是绝对真实的：世界上超过一半的地方缺乏拥抱法律和自由的意愿或者能力。

youdao

For Bill Singer, shareholder at the Stark and Stark law firm, bad management is a reason to sell a stock or not invest in it at all.

FORBES: Why Good Management Matters

Both Bill Singer, shareholder at Stark and Stark law firm, and Greg Ghodsi, head of the 360 Wealth Management Group at Raymond James, see Brazil as a hot area for investing next year.

FORBES: Investments For 2010

Rules range from the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which can be a major source of confusion on privacy and security issues, to the 1989 Stark Law which regulates doctor referrals, to the Corporate Practice of Medicine laws which prohibit businesses from employing physicians, and forbid doctors from splitting fees with non-doctors.

FORBES: Scrap Outdated Regulations to Unleash Real Innovation In Health Care