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...marks the aftermath of the Berlin Summit. With a new wave of anti-French anger rising in the U.S., Chirac and Schröder are preparing for private meetings in New York this week with George W. Bush. Reports from Washington suggest that the Bush Administration still hopes to bust up the Franco-German entente by pulling the Germans aboard and isolating the French. But analysts in both countries say that may be beyond the reach of Bush's team. "The German political class wants nothing more than a reasonable partner in the U.S.A.," says Henrik Uterwedde, deputy director...
People still go to concerts, and Ticketmaster's revenues are up. But to fight scalpers, the ticket service plans to bust its price cap and auction its best seats online. LOOK OUT, EBAY
...members. "It was Dick who said earlier this year, 'Look, times have changed,'" says N.Y.S.E. spokesman Robert Zito. By disclosing Grasso's pay while extending his contract through 2007, the N.Y.S.E. board ate its own cooking without appearing to criticize the man who has led the exchange through boom, bust, national disaster and scandal. "We wanted to announce to the world a vote of confidence for Dick," said Laurence Fink, CEO of the investment firm BlackRock and a member of the N.Y.S.E.'s compensation committee...
...friends in the Bush Administration don't seem worried that his troubles might be contagious. "We feel for them," says one senior aide, "but our situation is different." Still, every political blow Blair takes seems to increase his stature in President Bush's eyes. "Maybe Bush will put a bust of Blair in the Oval," jokes a second aide. It wouldn't be unprecedented. He keeps one of another wartime Prime Minister in that office: Winston Churchill. --By John F. Dickerson and Jeff...
...Billion Face value of suspect U.S. bonds seized during a bust in London on a Colombian drug cartel...