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...interview he granted TIME while under investigation, Nopdol offered a simple explanation for this history of bloodshed. "It's greed," he says, alleging that relatives and in-laws fighting over the family businesses and inheritance are responsible. He says he is innocent and had no reason to kill his brother, because he made his own fortune running a jewelry company and selling Body Glove clothing. "I'm the victim now," he says. He claims that Hangthong took his own life because, unable to prevent family members from going to court over their mother's fortune, he knew that Nopdol would...
...current political climate. Meanwhile, the six surviving Tumwattana siblings remain a family divided. "It's really a shame," says Hangthong's son Changwat, who adds that he believes his uncle Nopdol is innocent. "Our family could have become one of the most prominent in Thailand. But greed has held us back. Greed has been our tragedy...
Simply protesting injustice can at times sound a bit like the line from “Karma Police” by Radiohead: “We’ve given all we can but we’re still on the payroll.” People protest greed and human rights violations while still wearing the clothes, buying the soft drinks and driving the cars that fuel the system they are protesting. International boycotts, the only real weapon against transnational corporations worth billions of dollars, may be the next step in keeping tabs on corporate abuses. Coke...
...really liberal, or whether anyone actually likes Clark. But this will do little to change the fact that too many Americans are in prison, receive little pay and even less respect for the jobs they do, and are sending billions of tax dollars to a government that fosters corporate greed. Politicians can make a difference, one outside center said, if they “decide that oppressed people matter.” But have any of the Democratic candidates made that decision? Radcliffe Rugby speaks, and we would do well to listen...
DICK GRASSO After he got the New York Stock Exchange up and running within days of the 9/11 attacks, the N.Y.S.E. chairman became a symbol of the country's resilience. But he was forced from the chairmanship two years later and became an emblem of corporate greed. Grasso resigned when it was revealed that he would receive $140 million in deferred pay, a staggering sum approved by the corporate titans he was charged with regulating...