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...ferry to the Boston Harbor Islands to watch the fifth annual regatta, where over one hundred sailboats will fight for victory over the twelve-mile course. Don’t forget your camera to snap shots of the scenic location and beautiful boats...
...summit, the leaders declared that bonuses should be tied to a bank's performance and that guaranteed annual payouts should be avoided. The group also demanded that the G-20 "commit to agreeing to binding rules for financial institutions on variable remunerations, backed up by the threat of sanctions at the national level." (Read "Braking the Banks...
...half years ago, at Morgan Stanley's annual meeting, CEO John Mack fielded a question from a worried investor. Mack's firm had had a good 2006 and early 2007, but the questioner was concerned that much of the new profits seemed to be coming from increased borrowing and bets the bank was making with its own capital. Mack answered defiantly...
...often the proceedings of the Communist Party of China resemble a detective story, but the Fourth Plenum of the 17th Congress, which just concluded in Beijing, fits the bill perfectly. In fact, the Plenum, the Party's biggest annual meeting at which major policy and personnel decisions are made, is being compared to the Sherlock Homes storyline in which the most significant clue is something that did not occur - the guard dog that didn't bark on the night of the murder. At the characteristically secretive Plenum, the equivalent clue into the mystery of who will be China's next...
...Iranian regime that was worried in the weeks leading up to what in Iran is known as Qods Day - the annual day of government-sanctioned rallies supporting Palestinian statehood that take place in most cities in Iran. All public events surrounding the Islamic month of Ramadan, which historically have provided opportunities for Iranian politicians from across the ideological spectrum to speak their minds, were either shut down or scaled back. Former President Mohammed Khatami was scheduled to speak alongside Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson at Khomeini's shrine two weeks ago, but the occasion was canceled. Former President Ali Akbar...