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...restitution from Coca-Cola for the families of union leaders allegedly murdered as a result of engaging in labor activism. They have also called for a public commitment from Coca-Cola not to work with paramilitary forces in Colombia, while the Indian farmers want the company’s plant closed down and restitution for any long-term health effects...
Reason: British health inspectors had detected bacterial contamination at Chiron's plant in Liverpool, England, and shuttered the facility. Grumpy lines formed at clinics across the U.S., and angry investors pounded the stock, while profits sank. As if that weren't bad enough, Chiron closed another plant in Germany last July for similar reasons. That closing didn't affect the U.S. vaccine supply, but it didn't exactly reassure investors...
...state itself hurt the economy. Like Gazprom purchasing Sibneft, and another state monopoly purchasing other private company. The state generated some $30 billion in debt to do just that. Or take the case of RAO UES (the electricity monopoly) buying a sizable part of the Power Machines Plant. When the state unraveled Yukos, officials insisted it was a single such case rather than a trend. But it soon became obvious that Yukos was not a single case, that this concerns the entire economy. Just this month, officials of the state-owned Rosoboronexport (the weapons trade monopoly) has taken over...
...College in the world has its own stocking-stuffer to medium-sized imperfections. But, in the spirit of the Christmas (err, Holiday) season and the mental and physical renovations which this season often inspires, we’d like to see our very own Santa Summers and his physical plant elves deliver us few Christmas renovations as soon as possible after we return from our long winter’s naps. Our wishlist:Ten: Fix the carwash outside of Canaday. Astronomer or Aston-Martin? ESPP or BMW? Students making their daily treks to the Science Center or Memorial Hall after...
...nation in the hemisphere, is an unlikely specter disturbing Washington's dreams. But he could, nonetheless, present a similar nuisance value in Washington to that of his self-proclaimed ?model,? Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez. For one thing, Morales wants to fully legalize the growing of coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived, reversing decades of U.S. efforts to eradicate the crop in Bolivia. And he also hopes to nationalize the tens of trillions of cubic feet of recently discovered natural gas in Bolivia coveted by U.S. energy companies. A Morales victory may also quicken Latin America...