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...center of the turmoil was Guinness PLC, brewer of Ireland's national beer and one of Britain's oldest (founded in 1759) and most respected firms. Following an announcement that the department of trade was examining unspecified "circumstances suggesting misconduct" connected with the company, Guinness share prices dropped precipitously. A record 19 million shares changed hands on Monday alone, at one point wiping nearly $500 million off the company's market value. By Friday the stock closed at $4.13 a share, off more than 12% for the week...
...knowingly colluded with Protestant paramilitaries responsible for at least a dozen murders, shielding them from justice. Her report echoes McCord's allegations, on the basis of his investigation into his son's murder, that some police officers paid and protected terrorist killers, and allowed them to kill repeatedly. The misconduct of these officers, she wrote, could not have occurred "without the knowledge and support" of officers at "the highest levels" of the force...
...allure. But that mystique has taken a hit over revelations that the company backdated options. Apple's board gave Jobs and his senior management a vote of confidence following an internal investigation into 6,428 improperly backdated options granted between 1997 and 2002. The board found no misconduct by the CEO. Nor, for that matter, have the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, but they aren't done. As part of an ongoing investigation, the feds may question Jobs as they probe Apple's behavior...
...ongoing case," says Lunsford of the timing of the complaint. "Our grievance committee instructed us to file a complaint at our earliest opportunity." Lunsford says Nifong, who would not comment on Friday, does not have to get a lawyer for his hearing, but that generally attorneys on misconduct charges do. All of this would be moot, of course, if Nifong were to resign from office or be forced off the case by the presiding judge. The North Carolina governor's office, which appointed him to the post, could also ask him to resign from office. Gov. Mike Easley declined...
...Donato said, adding, “Hindsight being 20-20, we’d have liked to play it a little differently.”Dartmouth was disadvantaged just a minute and a half into the game, when blueliner Mike Hartwick earned a major penalty and a game misconduct for knocking over an unsuspecting Ryan Maki in the left corner of Dartmouth’s zone.The Crimson got on the board at 2:48, when junior winger Jon Pelle fed Taylor at the edge of the crease for a point-blank blast into the left-side netting.Though Harvard...