In all other respects, the Divorce Judgment dated January 10, 1994, as amended on August 31, 2001, remains in full force and effect.

FORBES: Easy To Trip Up On Alimony Deduction

Self-publishing is on the rampage and its effect is to force publishers to think in terms of direct sales to customers.

FORBES: Is Riffle a New Kind of Pinterest And Will It Save Books?

The integration of China and other emerging economies into the world trading system has, in effect, more than doubled the global labour force, and by curbing workers' bargaining power it has restrained pay demands in most developed economies in recent years.

ECONOMIST: Why China is not to blame for the surge in global inflation

Alfred Kahn was the head of America's Civil Aeronautics Board, and the driving force behind the deregulation of air travel that took effect in 1978, under President Jimmy Carter.

ECONOMIST: Is more regulatory reform the answer?

All of this is in addition to a law that went into effect in France last August which allows regulators to force Apple to open up the iPod and iTunes, but we haven't heard a peep out of that one so far.

ENGADGET: France and Germany pile on the EU iTunes anti-DRM pressures

At this point, however, that position is predicated on Germany being denuclearized and on NATO's renouncing any first-use of nuclear weapons -- conditions that would have the effect of jeopardizing NATO's deterrent capability and eliminating the U.S. force presence in Central Europe.

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