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...been aimed at the entire political establishment. Viral Shah, a Mumbai college student, wore the same t-shirt that many others did; it read in deep red letters on the back: "No vote, no taxes." "I believe the government has completely failed," says Shah. "The politicians are so corrupt that they can't even protect a place as important...
...huge metropolis of Chongqing in central China on November 6, the mayor of Chaozhou sat down for talks with representatives of the drivers, who complained of competition from illegal cabs, gouging by the taxi companies from whom they rented their cars and collusion between the companies and corrupt local officials...
...months. They also concede that a sharp decline in exports will hit China hard, possibly cutting 2.5 percentage points off growth in 2009. There's also the strong likelihood that tens of millions of dollars will disappear into China's bridges to nowhere - or into the pockets of corrupt local officials. Still, if any government can drive change by diktat, it's the Chinese Communist Party. Doomsayer Roubini writes: "The government cannot force corporations to spend or banks to lend." In fact, Beijing can do exactly that - and is doing so now. "On the outside, China's banks do look...
Charles H. “Chuck” Turner ’62, a member of the Boston City Council, was arrested on Friday morning on charges of corruption and lying to federal agents, according to a statement from the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office. Turner, a Kirkland House alumnus, is accused of accepting a $1000 payment in August 2007 from a person looking to obtain a liquor license for a proposed club in Roxbury called “Dejavu”. The meeting was caught on hidden video, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent...
...reelection in four days. Under the insistence of his calculating editor, Walter Burns (James M. Leaf ’10), who desperately wants to keep his star reporter, Hildy hides Williams and faces the challenge of extracting him from the newsroom under the noses of corrupt cops and government officials in order to get the exclusive story.While the battle between the media and politicians takes center stage, the play is made more compelling by the backdrop of Hildy’s personal conflicts. The star reporter struggles with a dilemma that many Harvard students may relate to: the choice between...