Aumann, Schelling declared winners.
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has gone to Robert J Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling this year "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis." Half of the prize amount of SEK 10 million has...

Arab-Jewish Relations: From Conflict to Resolution?, Essays in Honour of Professor Moshe Ma'oz.
1903900689 Arab-Jewish relations; from conflict to resolution?; essays in honour of professor Moshe Ma'oz. Ed. by Elie Podeh and Asher Kaufman. Sussex Academic Press 2006 386 pages $69.50 Hardcover DS119 Although...

Games economists play.
This year's Economics Nobel would be of much use to struggling ruling coalitions, whether in India or in Germany. The prize has gone this year (the 61st after the publication of Oskar Morgenstern and John von Neumann's Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour) to game theorists Robert J Aumann...

Primavera(R) Acquires ProSight and Pertmaster.
Acquisitions Give Primavera a Complete, End-to-End Project and Portfolio Management Solution; Primavera Becomes the Global Market Leader PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Primavera Systems, Inc., today announced that it has acquired two companies: ProSight, Inc., a portfolio analysis solutions company based in Portland, Ore., and Pertmaster, Ltd.,...

Liberty, property, and markets; a critique of libertarianism.
0754652580 Liberty, property, and markets; a critique of libertarianism. Attas, Daniel. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 176 pages $69.95 Hardcover Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy JC585 The libertarianism critiqued...

Argument realization.
9780521663311 Argument realization. Levin, Beth and Malka Rappaport Hovav. Cambridge U. Pr. 2005 277 pages $75.00 Hardcover Research surveys in linguistics P281 The area of linguistics called argument realization...

Detroit to Welcome Mayors From Jerusalem, Israel To Jackson, Mississippi During National Conference.
Mayor Archer to Participate In Discussions On Urban Economic Policy And Border Cities DETROIT, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Detroit will welcome several hundred mayors from across the country as the 69th Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) convenes at the...

Israelis feel Mumbai's sorrow, India's pain.
Byline: Nina Martyris JERUSALEM: In Israel, a country in a region where the vocabulary of terrorism has an unfortunately high currency, the 7/11 attacks have been followed with deep concern and interest. As rockets and bombs flying through the dust and smoke over the border with Lebanon...

Afghan & Pakistani Challenges To USA Occasion Saudi/Turk Mediation; Iran Affected:.
*** PA Negotiator 'Eraqat Has Conveyed Bush's Pledge To Abbas: If A Palestinian State Does Not Come About By Early '09, It'll Happen In...Not More Than A Year; So His Deadline Is Abandoned As Unrealistic; But Can A Truly Viable Peace Deal Be Closed In 'Not More Than A...

The other Jewish lobby.
REMEMBER DENNIS KUCINICH (D., Ohio), the Democratic presidential candidate who brought a refreshing note of reality to the early primary debates? You don't remember him? In the memorable words of John Wayne: "Think back, Pilgrim." It was Kucinich who reminded primary and caucus audiences that Palestinians live under an...