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...America, China's President Hu Jintao proved himself a master of manners. Rule 1: never go to a host's house empty-handed. Hu announced more than $30 billion worth of long-term contracts and new investments in Central and South America, and his newfound friends returned the favors: Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru said they recognized China as a "market economy"?not a developing one?strengthening China's bid for better trade terms from the World Trade Organization. Hu's largesse included...
...BRAZIL $8.5 billion in investments over 10 years...
...friends and numerous enemies--spirits Ella off to his homeland, a half-savage tropical Eden complete with snakes and crocodiles and cannibals, oh my, where they live in conspicuous luxury until Franco (who is, like Ella, an actual historical figure) leads the country into a disastrous war with Brazil...
...stamped with visas that would alarm immigration clerks around the world. He showed up in Indonesia two days after the Bali disco bombing in 2002. He has logged trips on a moment's notice to Iran, Yemen and Qatar as well as the U.S., Australia, Canada, England and Brazil. And Yang doesn't try to hide the substances contained in little glass vials that he brings home from his travels. In fact, they're lined up on the windowsill of his Beijing office, affixed with labels like SAUDI SWEET. Yang, it turns out, works for the China National Offshore...
...issue, "you should contact me in advance to discuss possible solutions." Other Deloitte partners also had serious concerns. In an audit report dated March 28, 2003, Deloitte's Maltese office questioned a $7 billion intercompany transfer that is now known to have been fictitious. The Deloitte auditor in Brazil, Wanderley Olivetti, raised such a stink to the Milan office about Parmalat's Brazilian accounts that the matter went all the way up to Jim Copeland, then Deloitte's chief executive in New York City. "Sorry to trouble you this morning in a moment while you are clearly busy with other...