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...board's revolt in March reflects the growing pains that an ambitious Chinese company is going through even as it tries to present a confident face to the world. Indeed, the issue of what CNOOC's board knew and when remains a touchy subject for Fu as the takeover fight progresses. In an interview with TIME, he declined to say exactly when he told his board of his intentions toward Unocal. But the reason for the board's initial ire is clear: according to SEC documents, as far back as December, Fu had directly discussed the possibility of acquiring Unocal...
...Salle University, the University of the Philippines College of Law, and the leaders of the country's 13 million Protestants. On Friday, the blue-chip Makati Business Club joined the chorus, as well as former President Corazon Aquino, the heroine of the 1986 People Power revolution, who said the present crisis was "crippling the government and endangering the nation...
...heavily defended elements of our civilian infrastructure. Their defenses?at the direction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and with a cost of roughly $1 billion to the industry?have been upgraded significantly several times since Sept. 11, 2001. The article unfortunately relies heavily on opinions that do not present an accurate picture of current plant defenses and strategies. The NRC has worked closely with law-enforcement and security agencies at all levels of government to develop protective measures and an integrated response. TIME's story cited an out-of-date study conducted for other purposes and which does...
Increasingly, it’s hard to mistake present-day Riverside for a time when, during busy periods, my grandfather’s bedside manner was said to be practiced at the side of his own mattress. My relatives, for one, have long since left that original two-story house. I have personally witnessed snapshots of the past seven years of the hospital’s growth—enough, at the very least, to see it thrillingly renamed the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Sr. Memorial Hospital, in honor of its founder...
...anti-colonialist message of the original novel is present, if diminished, in Spielberg’s rendition. A more evident comparison, though, is Spielberg’s portrayals of scenes of panic, reminding Americans of the real-life public crisis on Sept...