| Parti Quebecois stumbles through Quebec election campaign
On February 21, 2007, when Quebec Premier Jean Charest called a provincial election, the approval rate of his Liberal government, as measured by the opinion polls, was under 50 percent. Nonetheless, Charest considered this a favorable moment to seek re-election, as the approval ratings for his government had hovered in the 30 to 40 percent range for most of the past four years. Over the past month, the governments approval ratings have again sagged, falling to about 40 percent. In years past, this profound dissatisfaction with the Liberals would have translated into a surge in electoral support for the Parti Québécois (PQ), the indépendantiste party, led today by Andre Boisclair, which has alternated with the Liberals as Quebecs government since the mid-1970s.
LSI Names Dr. Claudine Simson Executive Vice President and Chief ...
MILPITAS, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) announced today that it has named Dr. Claudine Simson to the post of executive vice president and chief technology officer. She will report to Abhi Talwalkar, LSI president and chief executive officer. Dr. Simson most recently served as chief technology officer at Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector and its spin-off, Freescale Semiconductor. She was responsible for leading worldwide research and development of semiconductor technologies that enabled product differentiation in networking, communications, automotive, and wireless applications. Prior to joining Motorola, Dr. Simson held senior executive positions at Nortel Networks over a 23-year career, including general manager of Nortel's semiconductor business and vice president in charge of all technology research, spanning a $25B product portfolio.
Baah-Wiredu : development in freedom is working
Ghanaians today, under President John Agyekum Kufuor, are recognised internationally as enjoying one of the best environments of political tolerance in the developing world, Asare Otchere-Darko reports. The softly, softly but vigilant approach of the security service under the watchful, sturdy eyes of Francis Poku, has further deepened political stability while delicately but confidently expanding the frontiers of freedom.
Survey after survey rates Ghana high as a nation undergoing significant positive changes.
Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu quite generously attributes this to the combined efforts of all Ghanaians, including voices that are vociferously tuned to permanent mode of attack against Government. "We are holding ourselves accountable on a day to the day basis.
On issues of National Security Council
MANY thoughtful writings on National Security Council (NSC) are now appearing in local dailies. Many countries do have such an institution suited to their administrative system to meet their specific needs. Again, the structures vary depending on whether a country adopts parliamentary or presidential system, or whether a country has a unitary government, or there are state governments and central or federal governments, and whether the parliament is unicameral or bicameral. The desired objective is however almost the same.
The security system and institutions in countries like USA, UK, France, Germany, Israel, Turkey, have evolved to the present stage through necessary changes and improvements. We can study them keeping in mind our present and future needs under our special circumstances.
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* The Industrial and Commercial Bank of Vietnam (Incombank) has submitted a plan to offer shares to the public to reduce the State stake to 51%. The State-owned bank is expected to go public by the end of the year. Incombank's current chartered capital is VND9 trillion (US$562.5 million), Nguoi Lao Dong reports. * The privately held Driving Training Center in Long An Province's Thu Thua District has invested VND30 billion in a 31,500 square-meter facility, which also includes a hostel able to accommodate up to 150 trainees, 12 Hours reports. * Vinashin's Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Co. has received approval from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for conversion into a larger corporation. It is now able to build cargo vessels of up to 4,000 DWT and oil tankers of up to 5,000 DWT, and repair ships of up to 5,000 DWT, Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam reports.
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