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...haired man. Despite the weekend revelations, three days lapsed before executives suspended trading of Société Générale shares. They declined to tell reporters at Thursday's press conference why the trader had not been immediately fired, nor why they had not involved the French police...
...kind of digital knight errant; his blog, Zhou Shuguang's Golden Age, publicized the plight of the victims of China's frantic economic boom. At the peak of its fame, the blog drew 20,000 readers a day. Zhou, who called himself Zola after the 19th century French writer and activist, had hoped to inspire some of the country's 47 million other bloggers to join him in the good fight, roaming the country and seeking out injustice, armed only with a thumb drive, a digital camera, a BlackBerry and a Gmail account. "All the lack of democracy in China...
...sound far-fetched, but Yunus offers up a real-world example: a partnership between the French foods giant Danone and Yunus' Grameen Group to sell nutrient-enriched yogurt to poor children in Bangladesh. He calls it the "world's very first consciously designed multinational social business"?a company that doesn't insist on an ongoing return to shareholders. Whether there's enough motivation in boardrooms to make the idea grow is a big question, but there are some 100 million microborrowers around the world. So it's a nice client base...
...much as I love Boulud's cooking, I found it disgusting--a gooey mess of indistinguishable, nauseating fat. I was, once again, alone: it now accounts for 30% of the bistro's food sales. This year, Boulud, Bobby Flay (New York City's Mesa Grill) and Thomas Keller (French Laundry in Napa Valley, Calif.) are opening burger joints. Eric Ripert (New York's Le Bernardin) has put a burger on the menu of his new Washington restaurant, and Hubert Keller (San Francisco's Fleur de Lys) has opened a second Burger Bar in St. Louis, Mo.; he already sells...
...social and political conservatives tend to be more cautious about Pan-European institutions than those on the left, this week provided another example why. The European Court of Human Rights overturned French court rulings that prevented a single lesbian woman from adopting a child. The decision sets a precedent not just across the 27-nation European Union, but throughout the 47-member Council of Europe. Gay and lesbian groups say it opens the way for legal challenges in other European states with adoption laws similar to those of France - yet falls well short of a blanket ruling that would oblige...