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...sectors, assessing overseas businesses from London can be like drilling for oil with a blindfold. That risk is particularly acute in emerging-markets companies. "The best way to test for integrity is to ask around," says Simon Cawkwell, an independent trader who's invested millions in AIM since its launch. But, he adds, "You can't ask around in China...
...launch an anticorruption campaign? Corruption has emerged as a great threat to good governance and, in fact, to democracy. A really free, fair, credible election has to be held in an atmosphere where corrupt means and practices do not unfairly influence the outcome. What was happening was that money, muscle and misuse of authority-the three Ms-were working to win an election...
...industry, that either succeed spectacularly--as the Boeing 747 did--or risk sending a firm into a tailspin. Remember Lockheed's L1011? Mechanically, the A380 works. But Airbus has had to tear up its delivery schedule several times because of nagging manufacturing problems, primarily involving wiring. That has enraged launch customers; some have canceled their orders. FedEx and UPS walked, which killed the cargo version of the plane...
Lending money to family and friends is a timeworn tradition--one that probably has worn out more relationships than it has helped. Still, if you've been fortunate enough to sock away some cash, can you say no to a child wanting to launch a business or a close friend who has run into temporary problems...
...still had plenty of cleaning up to do to smooth relations with groups of professors, alumni, and students who were disaffected after the forced removal of a president. In Bok, the University found a shepherd to guide a prolonged curricular review, oversee a major campus expansion into Allston, and launch dean searches for three of Harvard’s faculties.As his encore at Harvard’s helm—and with it, his career—comes to a close, Bok said yesterday his priorities for the year have largely been met.Over the past nine months, the Faculty...