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...narrow 17th century canalside buildings were charging hugely inflated rents to the sole group of tenants willing to pay them: brothel managers. Buildings were bought and sold within weeks at steep profits, leading officials to conclude that millions of euros were being pumped through the area with little oversight - a perfect environment for large-scale money laundering. Police also say that more and more prostitutes now work for pimps, in violation of Dutch laws that require them to work independently...
...While Bill Gates does a fine job outlining his creative capitalism initiative, his exclusive focus on developing nations at the expense of his own is a tremendous oversight. Corporations in developed countries certainly should feel socially responsible for those in developing ones. But if they ever want to be taken seriously as agents of social change and as stakeholders in local communities, they need to consider their own domestic markets as well. Gates is fooling himself when he brushes over the U.S.'s economic woes so lightly, especially when creative capitalism could potentially solve some problems like...
While Gates does a fine job outlining his creative-capitalism initiative, his exclusive focus on developing nations at the expense of his own is a tremendous oversight. Corporations in developed countries certainly should feel socially responsible for those in developing ones. But if they ever want to be taken seriously as agents of social change, they need to consider their own nation's economy as well. Gates is incorrect to brush over the U.S.'s economic woes so lightly, especially when creative capitalism could solve some problems like our oft-neglected poverty. Only when America proves that capitalism can cure...
...option of installing a new man in khaki. The military may have already signaled the limits on acceptable civilian authority last month, when Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was forced to hastily backpedal from a plan to put the controversial Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) organization under direct civilian oversight via the Interior Ministry...
...Only about 20 states recognize cheerleading as a sport, which generally means there is less oversight than girls' soccer or basketball. But some states are now being pushed to expand regulation. One Massachusetts legislator, for example, is calling for the state to classify cheerleading as a sport, which would lead to codifying cheerleading training and competition safety practices. The push for legislation comes after two cheerleading fatalities in the state. In 2005, Ashley Burns, a 14-year-old from Medford, Mass., died after being thrown into the air and landing on her stomach, causing her spleen to rupture. Another Massachusetts...