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With Expository Writing and a language requirement freshman year, Gamble almost didn’t take Ec 10. It took a great interest in economics to convince him to commit to the full-year course...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: As Feldstein Leaves, Changes Afoot for Ec 10 | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

...commit an act of impropriety, as I was fully aware,” Kilson told The Crimson in December...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professor Scolded for Harrassment | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

...Justice Department are likely to be more cautious about pursuing such cases now, having been warned against prosecutorial overreach. One prominent white-collar litigant, former financier Frank Quattrone, above left, is appealing his conviction on similar grounds and has argued that he did not mean to commit a crime when he had documents destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Ethics: Wall Street Wins? | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, was looking to kick-start sales after Mexico's mid-1990s financial crisis, it founded Patrimonio Hoy, a combination builder's "club" and financing plan that targets homeowners who make less than $5 a day. It recruited 510 promoters to persuade new customers to commit to building additions to their homes. The customers paid Cemex $11.50 a week and received building materials every 10 weeks until the room was finished (about 70 weeks - customers were on their own for the actual building). Patrimonio Hoy attracted 42,000 new customers and is expected to turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling to the Poor | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

CHARGED. ANNA AYALA, 39, Las Vegas woman who was arrested last month for attempted grand larceny after claiming she found a finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili; with conspiracy to commit fraud; in San Jose, Calif. The conspiracy charge was added after the mother of a construction worker told reporters that her son, who is now cooperating with police, lost part of his finger in a work accident and gave it to Ayala's husband to settle a $50 bet. Ayala faces nearly 10 years in prison and possible liability for the $2.5 million that Wendy's claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 30, 2005 | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

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