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Your excerpt from Jeffrey D. Sachs' book on how to end global poverty [March 14] brought me to tears of outrage and sorrow over the tragic plight of the world's poorest. But I was saddened even more by the stinginess and lack of empathy that the U.S. has continually shown. For all the talk about Christian values, the U.S. has failed dismally to respond to the desperate needs of the poorest of Christ's brethren by being the most tightfisted among the rich donor nations. What an absolute shame...
...sentenced in June, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. That's a bad omen for four other prominent execs facing criminal charges: Richard Scrushy, the former chief of HealthSouth being tried for fraud in Alabama; the top two Enron guys, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, scheduled for trials next year; and Dennis Kozlowski, accused of looting Tyco and being retried following a mistrial last year...
...company has performed extremely well, but its rate of growth has slowed," says Joe Blankenship, an analyst at Source Capital Group, who notes that Taser is flush with cash. As it fights its many battles, Taser may need that war chest. --With reporting by Kristin Kloberdanz/Chicago and Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles
...Warner Bros. chief has led the company out of dotcom-bubble troubles to a new era of record profits. He has also done well personally, making a profit of more than $250 million on stock-option sales, according to analysis firm Thomson Financial. Semel talked to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about technology, Tinseltown and the competition...
...banish extreme poverty in our generation--yet 8 million people die each year because they are too poor to survive. The trag edy is that with a little help, they could even thrive. In a bold new book, Jeffrey D. Sachs shows how we can make it happen...