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...Saudis make up the biggest market for U.S. consumer products in the Middle East. When they're not fighting city traffic in Cadillac SUVs, middle-class Saudis frequent gleaming shopping malls lined with designer brand names from the U.S. In a country where women are required to wear full-length abayas in public, you can catch Sex and the City on satellite TV every Friday night...
President Bush last week called for doubling the maximum prison term for mail and wire fraud to 10 years. But the problem isn't the length of the sentence handed down for corporate malfeasance; it's winning a criminal conviction in the first place. Financial misdeeds are often difficult to explain to juries, and proving intent is even harder. More money for investigators would help, but the new $100 million that Bush pledged for the Securities and Exchange Commission is not nearly enough for the underfunded agency...
...wage rates for cash ops employees range from a minimum of $10.85 to $12.07 per hour effective June 20 of this year, up from the current $9 wage. Wages increase from $12.25 to $13.47 in the final year of the contract, depending on job classification and length of service...
...Harvard ‘A’ boat had much closer races leading to the final, including one of the closest races of the regatta in the semifinals against a South African club which was decided by a mere third of a length. Riffelmacher said the race was too close to call from shore...
With two boats in the final, a Harvard Henley title was guaranteed. As the ‘A’ the boat struggled out of the start, the ‘B’ boat gained a quick lead and held steady for the length and a quarter victory...