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...denied all such charges and threatened legal action against the press. The Interior Ministry issued a statement exonerating him of complicity. Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, the Interior Minister, declared that the real culprit was Yerzhan Utembayev, the Senate's chief of staff, who allegedly confessed to putting out a $60,000 contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity." Human-rights campaigner Panfilov regards that version as an attempt to discredit Abykayev, who is Utem-bayev's boss. But late last week, the President spoke up for his old ally Abykayev. In an effort to cool tensions, Nazarbayev addressed the nation, promising...
Just in case HOWARD STERN was running out of villains to decry on the air, his old boss, CBS CEO LES MOONVES, has stepped in to help. CBS Radio filed a fraud and breach-of- contract lawsuit seeking more than $200 million from the radio host, his agent and his new employer, Sirius Satellite Radio. The suit says Stern spent his last 14 months at CBS talking up Sirius and hiding a deal to earn stock for boosting his new company's subscriber numbers. Stern calls the suit a "personal vendetta." On the upside, it will give him months...
...order for this to work, it would be important to hire—perhaps on a non-tenured contract basis—great and distinguished teachers who know how to lecture and inspire. They should be paid very well, as should their section leaders. They would be appointed by the president and a search committee on general education. Some of the professors would likely be distinguished and revered academics at the end of their careers at Harvard or other universities...
...Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, said that “economic relations can be the first step” toward closer ties between the two countries. He also cited the Dubai-based company’s excellent track record on security, and he stressed that the contract was not a sale but rather a lease. He said the lease terms could be changed if the U.S. felt that DP World wasn’t doing an adequate job. Zoellick, who has served in his current State Department position for about one year, was U.S. trade representative from...
Originally here last year as a one-year visitor, Miron is now in the first year of a unique five-year contract...