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Board audit committee, not management, will appoint auditors...
...Security Policy, has made several attempts to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians - to no avail. And in April German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer put forward proposals that could serve as a blueprint for fresh talks. Fischer's plan calls for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to appoint a caretaker prime minister until January, when newly elected officials would carry out the reforms necessary for the establishment of a Palestinian state by the end of next year. That state would then complete negotiations with Israel over final borders and other issues by the end of 2005. Of course, there...
...avoid getting too cozy with management, directors need to meet regularly by themselves and with auditors without any of the company's top executives present. They should appoint a lead independent director to balance the power of--or even serve as--the chairman, who these days too often happens to be the CEO. (That should not be allowed.) Finally, directors should be paid primarily with long-term grants of stock, rather than collect a check for showing up occasionally. At AutoZone, a $5 billion-a-year parts-supermarket chain, each board member must invest at least $100,000 in company...
...vital role in any future U.S. attack on Iraq. But assembling a new government may be far from easy. Turkey has a proliferation of political parties, all hierarchical and resistant to change. None has a commanding majority that might make Sezer's task easier if he needs to appoint a caretaker prime minister before the next elections take place. And, critically, under Turkey's complicated electoral laws, a party needs to win more than 10% of the national vote to qualify for any seats in parliament. While Cem would clearly like to succeed Ecevit, other parties also are interested...
...President herself now seems to realize that her husband's burgeoning power poses a p.r. problem. She has steadfastly resisted his numerous requests?sometimes voiced in public, most recently in an interview with the influential newsweekly Tempo?to appoint one of his own closest aides to the critical post of Cabinet Secretary, the official who acts as the chief intermediary between the President and her Cabinet and thus wields tremendous influence over policy decisions. "She knows that if she gives in on this that Taufik will control everything," says a source close to Megawati. Even Taufik loyalists express concern...