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...boost efficiency in its clients' manufacturing, distribution and customer service. NuTech software allows Ford to find profitable new ways to sell vehicles that are coming off leases. It helps Unilever target inefficiencies in its supply chain. And it is being used to detect check and credit-card fraud at Bank of America--whose legendary former CEO, Hugh McColl, also serves on NuTech's board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Technology: Where Lech Walesa Does Tech | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...then--trouble, both on and off the field. Corinthians president Alberto Dualib fueled speculation that Joorabchian had ties with a Russian tycoon wanted in Russia for alleged financial fraud. Elimination from the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, led to violent protests by fans. Hundreds of supporters rioted, invading the pitch and threatening Joorabchian and even throwing bombs at Dualib's home. It's not the first time fans have rioted, and it certainly won't be the last. But Joorabchian has set a new direction, and he insists that "there is a big potential financially in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil's New Player | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...latest, and perhaps the most egregious, IG abuse to come to light has been at the State Department, where IG Howard Krongard is alleged to have repeatedly thwarted investigations into contracting fraud in the $3.6 billion spending that State has overseen in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the new U.S. embassy, which is racked with problems. In the process, according to seven former and current staffers, he is alleged to have censored politically embarrassing reporting, which many argue has helped obscure the corrosive effect of widespread corruption in Iraq. "One consistent element in these allegations is that you believe your foremost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Watchdogs Under Fire | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...Hillary! Uncensored: Banned by the Media” hosted by the Harvard Republican Club, film-goers discreetly unwrapped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and miniature Almond Joys as they listened to associate producer Douglas C. Cogan denounce what he called the “largest election law fraud in the history of the United States...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Commend, Chastise Clinton | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...human decency. But what happens when the “cheater” is someone on our favorite team next? What happens if it turns out to be all of them, even those we like to consider angels? Should we then discount professional sports as a complete and utter fraud...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Steroid Nation | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

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