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...month to detail how they would raise it. For the banks that passed the stress test, they were told to report back on how they plan to repay taxpayers. Monday, June 8, was set as the deadline for turning in those plans to regulators. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
Lacroix is not the only fashion house to teeter on the brink. The Antwerp-based designer Veronique Branquinho closed her business last week, blaming the dismal financial situation. Meanwhile, economic pressures are straining relationships inside famous luxury brands. Versace S.p.A. announced on Friday that Giancarlo Di Risio, the house's well-regarded chief executive officer since 2004, will step down. No official reason was given, but sources say that clashes over expenses with Donatella Versace, the creative director and part owner of the brand, were to blame. Another CEO, Kim Winser of the British brand Aquascutum, also resigned last week...
...justice shares" from the profits of state-owned companies. A few weeks before the elections, for the first time, payments were made to 5.5 million of Iran's poorest. But the President's critics say he has pushed Iran's inflation rate to 25% with his "alms" policies. "They blame us for distributing potatoes," Ahmadinejad said from the stage. "I say you insult our people. They came to get potatoes, but what did they get to say, 'Death to America'?" The crowd roared in approval, and the iron railing in the front row bowed as people strained to get ever...
Cheney, Dick •blame for 9/11 is placed by on Richard Clarke, who repeatedly (and as recently as one week prior to it) warned about the danger of such an attack...
...adds, this is "very rare ... You don't have more fly-by-wire technical failure with them than you do with hydraulic, mechanic or engine failure." As for Flight 447, even if the plane's ADIRU did malfunction, an electrical short circuit or other problem may actually be to blame, he says. "The ADIRU is fed by a lot of sources, and the failure of one of these sources could lead to an ADIRU failure...