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...Bavarian police and one of Germany's top fraud investigators. "It is not hurting the economy. But there is a problem of trust." Mindful of that threat, police in Eastern Europe - with the assistance of the European Union's law-enforcement branch, Europol - have been trying to crack down. Bulgaria, one of the world's biggest counterfeit havens, has broken up 13 euro print shops in the past 12 months. Serbian police closed down three rings over about the same period - "mostly medium-quality forgery" shops, according to Zoran Stajic, the lead investigator. And Polish police, relying on tips from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down On Bogus Bills | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

...with cities across the country watching Springfield's experiment, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be moving to crack down. While federal law prohibits the reimport of U.S. drugs by anyone other than the manufacturer, the FDA has long tolerated individuals who bring prescription drugs from Canada for personal use. But last week the FDA persuaded a federal judge to shut down Rx Depot and Rx of Canada, which sell Canadian drugs in the U.S. Along with its Canadian counterpart, it has stepped up its investigation of CanaRx, the Canadian company that administers Springfield's program, for potential violations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drug Costs: The Canadian Cure | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Although many had set out at the crack of dawn, problems with the shuttle buses to the fields made some students worry that they would never even get to see The Game—or at least the parking...

Author: By Claire G. Friedman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kegs, Warmth Return for 120th Game | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...tired, covered in mud, getting yelled at by coaches,” Mujalli says, “and Brian will give you a subtle wink or a smile that just makes everyone crack...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Goofball Garcia Breaks Through at DE | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...cities similar in size or smaller than Qiandaohu. Will it work? "It's a huge market; 60-65% of the Chinese population is in towns and villages," says Darryl Andrew, managing director of Synovate China, a market-research firm in Hong Kong. "But it's a tough market to crack?and it's a challenge to get the products to an affordable level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colonel Sanders' March on China | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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