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...Huang concluded that the city had transferred riverfront land to a developer for half its real value. The giveaway was greased, Huang says, by gifts from the contractor to officials. He ordered 33 of them to return their gifts and halted construction. The company that won the riverfront-development contract, Yuansheng Real Estate Corp., denies all wrongdoing and says Huang ordered the detention of a company official for nearly a year without charge...
THREE YEARS AGO, THAT sporty little convertible seemed like the perfect car. That was before you were married with a mortgage, a child and a baby on the way. Now, you--and hundreds of thousands of others driving leased cars--want to get out of that contract and into a different ride. There's only one problem: exiting early will cost you a bundle...
...came to an end as schools finally reopened their doors two weeks after the start of term. A computer system responsible for allocating teachers to their posts had left a third of the country's 150,000 teachers not assigned to schools. The company that holds the lucrative computer contract, Compta, said it "rejects all responsibility" for the crisis - a lesson in corporate accountability kids can learn without even stepping in the classroom...
...with Conan O’Brien,” which airs directly after “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” every weeknight, has consistently dominated its 12:35 a.m. time slot, coming in first place every quarter in its eleven-year history. Under his new contract, O’Brien will continue to host “Late Night” until 2009 and will takeover “The Tonight Show” until at least 2011. In the event that NBC chooses another host to replace Leno, a clause in the contract would guarantee...
Though NBC would not disclose the exact terms of the deal, all signs suggest Conan is in for a raise. In 2002, O’Brien signed a contract extension to continue in the Late Night spot for four years for a reported $32 million. And this past March Leno signed a five-year extension reportedly worth $100 million...