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Across the globe, a Canadian oil company makes plans to drill on a South American Indian tribe's ancient burial ground, changing its plans only when thousands of U'wa Indians threaten to throw themselves off a cliff in a mass suicide...
...instant Asia's economies cracked last year, Howard Greenspan feared the worst for his bank. As a longtime customer and investor in the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the second largest in Canada, Greenspan knew it was a big player in the Asian derivatives market. The bank would suffer from the Asian fallout, but how much? At the company's annual meeting in January, Greenspan, a Toronto management consultant, asked CIBC chairman Al Flood about the bank's derivatives. But Flood cut him off, and a subsequent attempt was unavailing. So Greenspan took CIBC to court a month later...
...board of directors) must come from labor, the remaining 12 from the combined management. That requirement could help build new alliances among unions in Canada, Germany and other parts of the world. "This means now there is a whole different environment at Chrysler," said Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers. Ultimately it will be up to I.G. Metall, the union that represents German autoworkers, whether the Americans and Canadians get seats on the board. Pending that, most workers seemed pleased. "I just hope my stock goes up and I can buy a Mercedes with my Chrysler discount," laughed...
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Holbrooke, a longtime member of the Democratic foreign policy establishment, had urged a stronger Bosnian policy. Clinton appointed him ambassador to Germany and then, when the Bosnian crisis deepened, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. Holbrooke already enjoyed a reputation for being overbearing and peremptory--qualities that were to prove indispensable at Dayton--and he is forthright about being no shrinking violet, engagingly quoting unflattering references to himself. "If I were to operate in a routine manner," he writes, "I might make fewer enemies... " His narrative provides a compelling account...
Besides his play during the season, Fleiszer had outstanding workouts during the offseason, running a very fast (especially for his position) 4.72 in the 40-yard dash. His speed should help him in the fast-paced Canadian game...