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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Cathay Pacific said net income in 2004, at HK$4.42 billion ($567m), had more than tripled compared with 2003, when the Hong Kong-based airline was hit by travel concerns over SARS.
eゼミ：シリア軍のレバノン撤退（PTW第03回）
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After tens of thousands of Lebanese from across the sectarian spectrum had taken to the streets of Beirut in protest against Syria’s continuing control of their country, their pro-Syrian government resigned and Syria’s president, Bashir Assad, said he would withdraw all Syrian troops “maybe within a few months”.
eゼミ：Federated Dept Storesによる買収計画（BTW第03回）
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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Federated Department Stores, which owns Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, laid out a $17 billion plan to acquire May Department Stores. The deal doubles the size of Federated, and will create a mammoth retailer with annual sales of $30 billion. Federated hopes the merger will help it compete with speciality shops, such as Gap, and large general retailers.
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eゼミ：Saajid Badat靴爆弾判決（PTW第02回）
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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Saajid Badat was convicted in Britain of plotting to blow up an airliner using a shoe bomb, a device almost identical to the one used by Richard Reid, the British shoe-bomber caught trying to blow up a plane en route to the United States in December 2001.
eゼミ：Tysabri販売中止その後（BTW第02回）
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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Biogen Idec and Elan, two biotech companies, saw their share prices collapse (by 40% and 70% respectively) after withdrawing Tysabri, a drug that treats multiple sclerosis. Tysabri has been associated with two cases (including one death) of a rare and devastating disease of
the central nervous system.