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Panelists shared other facets of their experience with the incoming lawmakers. Often, the meeting turned into a lecture on people skills, with Elmendorf advising the representatives to “never mislead people” and Hirschmann telling attendees “to do your homework...
...title to mislead the reader—which is one of my favorite sports,” the author answered...
Winnick's lawyer, Gary Naftalis, says Global did not mislead investors but believed it would make its first-quarter target legitimately. He says Winnick's stock sale was proper and approved by Global's counsel. The committee has yet to be convinced. "Is Winnick a choirboy," asks spokesman Ken Johnson, "or did he steal from the church's collection plate?" --By Michael Weisskopf
Tauzin now views the June 12 letter as an attempt to mislead the committee. "They tried to sandbag us," says Johnson. Stewart spokeswoman Allyn Magrino refused to comment on a possible Capitol Hill appearance. If Stewart comes in for a Tauzin meeting, it will be a return engagement. In 2000, he appeared on her show to promote his Cajun cookbook, Cook 'N Tell. This time he wants to swap more than recipes...
...cost of stock options given to executives and other employees, as if they were cash or outright grants of stock. That measure was backed by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as well as investor Warren Buffett as essential to remove perverse incentives that today encourage top executives to mislead investors. But executives, who get lavishly paid in options opposed that reform, and their friends in Washington sided with them, against the interests of investors...