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Rather than waiting for governments to act, some corporate executives are trying to persuade their peers to join forces against graft. In 2002, for example, mining companies agreed to a set of ground rules called the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (eiti), under which they disclose their payments to government. Alan Boeckmann, chairman and chief executive of the giant U.S. construction company Fluor, is trying to extend such cooperation to other industries. So far he has persuaded some of his rivals, partners and customers to join an anticorruption initiative, which now has more than 100 signatories. "I am seeing change, although...
...weeks ago, he deposited $1,500 in his first share-trading account, and on a January afternoon he visited a local broker to buy shares of seven Chinese companies. "All my friends started to invest in the stock market last year," Du says. "My wife and I decided to join the trend." He admits that when it comes to deciding which stocks to buy, he lacks expertise. "I don't know much about it. I just picked the ones with low prices." But he figures he will do fine. "With all the money in the market...
They're old friends, you see, each ready to lend a hand in the other's projects. They also encourage family and friends to join the fun. Cuarón's brother Carlos will soon direct a film starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, the two lads from Alfonso's hit comedy Y tu mamá también. Arriaga has written a true-life AIDS drama, The Dallas Buyer's Club, which is to star and be produced by a member of the Babel ensemble: Brad Pitt...
...don’t think Sullivan and captain Jim Goffredo have forgotten them. But the three-point shooting of Wittman and Dale will prove too much for the defensively-challenged Crimson, which is last in the Ivies in field-goal percentage defense. Cornell by five, as the Big Red join the title hunt in earnest...
...groups would establish enclaves in Iraq. Neighboring populations could become radicalized and side with ethnic and religious factions fighting inside Iraq, as Albanians were over Serbia's harsh treatment of Kosovar Albanians. Syria, which intervened in the Lebanon civil war, might do the same in Iraq, and Iran might join the Syrians...