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...sign of the times that the corporation recently put in place audit controls to detect possible corrupt payments and is implementing a code of ethical conduct for its employees. Is that enough to prevent a repeat of the abuses of a decade ago? Maybe not. Amid the diplomatic fallout of the war in Iraq - and with that country's oil industry in play - the French are more than ever up against an Anglo-Saxon world. But now there are stronger deterrents, and greater oversight, to prevent a return to Elf's salad days...
...people kept getting sick, and as news of fresh victims leaked out, Hu's efforts to shape his new government in a populist, people-first mold have been undermined. China's booming economy, which grew nearly 10% in the first quarter, is feeling the fallout, too. The volume of fast-food sales in chains like McDonald's and KFC fell 20% in southern China in recent weeks, according an industry source (KFC confirms sales fell but says they are now returning to normal). Despite the WHO's travel warning, the government refused to cancel its twice-yearly Guangzhou Trade Fair...
...honest answers I’ve heard to the stock interview question, “what is your biggest weakness?” came from someone who admitted that in the process of her own success, she failed the people she loved and who loved her most. The possible fallout of having the privilege of growing up where we do is that it’s easy to become wrapped up in our own lives—to a fault. In four years of pursuing my own interests and nurturing my own development, I have caught myself becoming stingy about...
...British forces mop up the last remnants of Saddam’s regime, the Middle East is moving towards a historic crossroads. Across the world, fallout from the war in Iraq has increased pressure on America and Britain to push Israel and the Palestinians to renew the peace process. But in order for the negotiations to begin again in earnest, neither side must set impossible preconditions—as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appeared to do in an interview published this past Sunday, when he said that Palestinians must immediately abandon the right of return while Israel need...
...Possible Fallout...