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...avoids the press. Military spokesmen in Iraq have no authority to comment on the unit or its activities. It is built around the Delta Force, the military's storied special-operations force, and bolstered with commandos from other services, aviation units detached from the army, and paramilitary teams on loan from the CIA. Spotted in Tikrit last week, TF20 fighters had the classic commando look: scruffy beards, unkempt hair, distinct black body armor and tiny walkie-talkies. --By Michael Ware and Brian Bennett/Tikrit
...retirees when companies cannot. Saddled with a deficit of $5.4 billion and counting, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) might need a government bailout--a predicament that Treasury Secretary John Snow told the Wall Street Journal was "a brewing problem somewhat analogous to the savings-and-loan situation," the U.S. financial fiasco of the late 1980s...
...years, according to a survey by management consultant A.T. Kearney, and India is by far the top destination. U.S. banks, insurance firms and mortgage companies have been using outsourcing to handle tech support for years. Now these firms are using Indian workers to handle the business operations--say, assessing loan applications and credit checks--that the technology supports. Kumar Mahadeva, CEO of the thriving outsourcing firm Cognizant, explains the appeal: "It becomes logical for them to say, 'Hey, you know everything about the way we do claims processing. Why not take a piece...
...never lost another, leaving a pile of adversaries, and colleagues, in his wake as he rose to the pinnacle of U.S. financial power at Citi. When Weill consolidated power following the 1998 merger of Travelers with Citicorp, previous favorite son Jamie Dimon was written off like a bad loan. So Prince knows he can't afford to stumble--at least not before Weill lets go of the chairman's role in 2 1/2 years...
...member of Cameroon's victorious team at the African Cup of Nations in 2002, the midfielder spent most of his professional career with French clubs Lens and Lyon?winning the French-league title with both teams?and with England's West Ham United and, most recently, Manchester City (on loan from Lyon). Fo?'s death stoked criticism that crowded football schedules are becoming dangerously taxing for players and renewed criticism of the Confederations Cup as a gimmick to generate income for the F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association between World Cup competitions...