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...Tinto executives charged with bribery and commercial espionage concluded on March 24. The Shanghai-based employees of the British-Australian mining company, who were arrested in July, confessed to accepting bribes from Chinese steel companies during negotiations over iron-ore prices. With a verdict expected within weeks, they face up to 15 years in prison. Though Rio Tinto will seek to continue to collaborate with Chinese companies, the high-profile case has shed light on the worsening environment for foreign corporations in China...
...bill represents not the conclusion, but the beginning of a lengthy process to provide high quality care and eliminate wasteful spending. Yet after decades of failed attempts to fix this critical institution, our political system has proven itself capable of contending with complex issues—even in the face of diverging interests. Now, we must bring that system to bear on the next big issue of our time—whether it be financial reform, immigration, or climate change. It is our responsibility as students to continue to elect motivated representatives who are passionate about progressive change?...
...unconventional twist on final exams, students in this semester’s English 156, “Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture” will find themselves conveying their academic insights not only through their word processors, but also face-to-face with teaching staff in an oral final exam...
...added that despite her best efforts to ignore how others perceived her as a minority scientist, at times she had to face the reality that as a minority or a woman scientist she might be held to different standards...
...Saturday, the No. 4 heavyweight team made the long trek to Ithaca to face No. 11 Cornell for the teams’ first head-to-head race since...