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...having any marketable products, the firm had hoped to raise more than $100 million. And ahead of its own IPO, Google admitted it may have breached U.S. securities laws after failing to register shares and stock options granted to staff between 2001 and 2004. Meanwhile, difficulties registering investors may delay the offering...
...national conference could turn into a farce, overseers from the United Nations late last week persuaded the Iraqis to postpone the meeting until Aug. 15. The hope is that by then, conference organizers will be able to institute a set of rules that everyone can tolerate. But the delay of Iraq's first meaningful democratic exercise is still a worrying sign?and throws into question whether the country will be ready for elections by next year, the date...
...Given the acrimony, the U.N.'s decision to delay the conference may turn out to be farsighted. And while Iraqis have a long way to go before they see the actual fruits of democracy, there is in all the jostling, jockeying and dissent the stirrings of political change. Though some Iraqi officials criticized the delay?"It is time for the U.N. to get off its goddam high horse," groused one?others saw the chaos and confusion as a positive sign. "I don't consider the delay a failure, but a success," says Sayyid Ayaad Jumaluddin...
...Scissor Sisters are an American band, but their self-titled debut album came out in Europe almost six months before its arrival in the U.S. Why the delay? You get the feeling that the Scissor Sisters' record company, Universal, was a little nervous about how audiences Stateside might react to these five flamboyant New Yorkers. Never mind that the band's name was inspired by a lesbian sexual position or that lead singer Jake Shears used to perform in drag shows going by a name in excruciatingly bad taste. The Scissor Sisters are the first band in the history...
...that Wednesday, but nothing could dampen the spirits of Beth and her brood. When we asked if by any chance the girls could perform a number, they quickly assumed their places. Allie and Diana conferred ?backstage? as Catherine warmed up the audience of three. When there was a momentary delay, the four-year-old announced, ?We will now have a brief intermission.? The soubrettes then materialized, to sing - not an Alicia Keys or Gretchen Wilson hit, but a number from ?42nd Street,? the 1981 Broadway show revived three years ago and still running, and, in deepest antiquity, the 1933 Warner...