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...court rejected Bosch's contention that she had been framed by a South African businessman who she contended had killed Ria to stop her from revealing alleged theft and fraud in a company for which they had worked. The panel upheld the original guilty verdict and the finding of the sentencing judge, who had told Bosch that "the crime was carefully planned with the motive of enabling you to take over the husband of the deceased... You are not very young, you were not intoxicated and you were not provoked." Bosch, the court accepted, brought the gun into Botswana from...
RESIGNED. PETER MANDELSON, 47, British minister responsible for Northern Ireland, close confidant to Prime Minister Tony Blair and mastermind of Labour's landslide 1997 election victory, after allegations that he had improperly intervened to help secure a passport for controversial Indian businessman, Srichand Hinduja; in London. Mandelson's second resignation from the cabinet in two years -- in December 1998 he quit over a secret real estate loan from a wealthy fellow minister -- looks certain to end his political career, and is a blow to Blair coming shortly before the next general election, which is expected...
...much. Tired and suspicious, they are caught once again helplessly in the middle. They mostly dislike India, but have no great love for Pakistan either. Too many of their sons have died. "Just let us find a way to end all this," says Ghulam Mohammad Khan, a Srinagar businessman. "We have had enough." India and Pakistan's twin ceasefires along the Line of Control have brought some joy and a glimpse of what the future might hold. For the first time in 10 years, villagers on either side of the Line of Control at Keil began fraternizing across the small...
...reason they want me is because I know the secret to success in business." Which is, of course, women. The host-club industry is roaring, Reiji says, because it focuses relentlessly on the most powerful segment of Japan's faltering consumer market. "As a host and as a businessman, I use what I know to try to think like a woman. Japanese men laugh at that," Reiji says softly, leaning in close. "But I tell you, any business today that doesn't know what women want is a business that won't survive...
...reality is that the Yankees will spend only up to the point where they think they need to, and not necessarily until the well is completely dry. No businessman worth his salt, least of all Steinbrenner, owns a team with the hope of simply breaking even...