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...newspaper found that 86% of Japanese were concerned personal information would be misused. For now, the system only allows retrieval of basic information like addresses, but critics say a centralized network could be the first step in aggregating files residing in disparate bureaucratic databanks. The government has yet to draft an accompanying privacy law as promised. Worse, the new registry accidentally leaked information two days after the launch, sending letters to households in Moriguchi that contained the ID numbers, gender information and birthdates of other people. Adding insult to injury: Japanese cows were given a 10-digit...
...Enron would never have been discovered in Europe." James Leisenring, who is helping draft International Accounting Standards, on the Continent's lax regulations...
...marketing professor at Peking University and an expert on domestic brands. Moreover, Xue says there is "danger ahead" because Nike has recently given endorsement contracts to Chinese basketball sensations Wang Zhizhi, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, and towering center Yao Ming, the No. 1 draft pick of the Houston Rockets...
...change will inundate acreage at planting time. "We're always at the mercy of Mother Nature here, but to have to fight a man-made flood too just isn't right," he says. For barge operators like Don Huffman, higher water means more income: each additional foot of draft allows boats to haul 600 more tons of cargo. "Without consistent flows, there is no navigation," he says...
...Winners YAO MING Chinese star first in NBA draft. Yao will teach Shaq the meaning of the phrase ni hao while Shaq will teach Yao the meaning of the word pain SADDAM HUSSEIN Dictator's novels will be taught in Iraq's schools. Saddam would have preferred Oprah's Book Club, but this should help sales as well COUNT ALVARO DE MARICHALAR Spanish aristocrat crosses the Atlantic on a jet ski. He will return from the Indies with his craft laden with gold and spices Losers ANNA KOURNIKOVA Tennis fem-bot upset at Wimbledon, then blows...