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...whereas Ventro sold laboratory chemicals in beaker quantities, ChemConnect focused on industrial chemicals sold by the railcar--a market in which there are fewer transactions but much more money involved. "I've spoken to suppliers who had a corporate edict that they were not going to participate in this type of auction because it would only drive prices down," says Michele Hincks, ChemConnect's marketing vice president. "They regretted it because they lost a market...
...innocent people in the US." Or variants on that theme. The Guardian warned that the network may risk compromising its objectivity. But the network appears to be aware of the different standard that European viewers may apply. "Presenters on CNN International will not be subject to the edict," the paper notes...
...from high finance and diplomacy to the shadowy world of espionage and psychological warfare. The immediate aim was to pinpoint the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, Washington's prime suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks. His presumed protectors, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, played for time by issuing a clerical edict urging the al-Qaeda leader to flee. But their refusal to hand him over, despite last-minute representations by Pakistan, made stronger international action all but inevitable...
...Still, Rome has not budged on the issue. In 1994 Pope John Paul II emphatically restated the ban in a pastoral letter, and the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared his decision "infallible" and "not...open to debate." The gag order, even more than the edict, drove church liberals to distraction...
Farrell's latest obsession is Hebrew mysticism. The opening and closing tracks on his new album celebrate Jubilee, the Old Testament edict of forgiving debts and abolishing slavery. He dreams of mounting a Jubilee mega-concert event in Israel this year featuring Bob Dylan, Snoop Doggy Dogg and U2. Farrell's hazy and grandiose plans were mentioned as the possible reason that a Jane's Addiction reunion suddenly derailed this summer; despite some well-received appearances at concert events, the group recently pushed a full-scale tour back from August to late fall--if it ever happens...