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...BETonSPORTS got too comfy in a legally gray area - its practice of taking bets over the telephone, insists one London-based industry analyst, falls outside U.S. law - it has perhaps not been alone. Shares in rival operators PartyGaming and 888 Holdings plunged on news of the indictments...
...Just before the Bush-Putin meeting, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin had said that differences had been settled and a final WTO agreement would be reached at the G-8 summit. "Such tactics only show how little the Russian leaders understand of how America works," says Lilia Shevtsova, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center. What Putin did not understand is that his U.S. counterpart cannot make such decisions without congressional support. "If the U.S. system worked the same way the Russian one does, Putin would have won," Shevtsova notes. "Now, he has lost - and he is frustrated and angry...
...role in a recent run-up on that shiny metal. "Prior to the offering, Barclays placed 1.5 million ounces of silver with a custodian," reported the organization's Silver News update. "Anticipation of the ETF and other factors pushed silver to a 23-year high in mid-April." Morningstar analyst Sonya Morris explains that the silver market is "tighter" than other commodities and that "there was real concern Barclays' buying some huge stash to support their ETF was going to move the market." Interest-rate jitters and overheated speculation led to declining prices for most commodities beginning in May, however...
...chummy corporate culture. As the newly appointed nonexecutive chairman of the Walt Disney Co., he may aim to keep things calm. A shareholder revolt forced the board to remove CEO Michael Eisner as chairman in 2004 and opt for a nonexec chair. Although Pepper lacks media experience, A.G. Edwards analyst Michael Kupinski says Disney will benefit from Pepper's global-branding background as it expands worldwide. With shares up 30% since October, Disney's shareholders have been as quiet as a you-know-what. --By Julie Norwell...
...During Friday prayer, the classic platform here for signaling policy to the world, there was no fiery bluster, just muted condemnations of the recent violence. "I don't see Iran entering this crisis militarily unless it's dragged in," says Saeed Laylaz, an analyst and former official. Iran might get involved, analysts here say, only if the conflagration widened dramatically, by Israel attacking Syria or even Iran itself...