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...Greece, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other self-employed professionals are among the worst offenders, says Georgakopoulos, the tax head. To prove the point, the ministry released tax information last November about doctors in the wealthy Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki, where the streets are lined with shops selling brands like Prada and Louis Vuitton. Nearly a third of registered doctors there declared annual incomes of less than $22,000. In all of Greece - a country of 11 million people - only 3,125 people declared incomes more than $280,000. "Everyone who can avoid paying taxes does," says Georgakopoulos. "The only ones...
...some of its fleet, is also looking outward. In the last six months, the carrier added routes to Egypt, Israel and Turkey. Greece's $40 billion shipping industry - the country controls 22% of the world's oil-tanker fleet and nearly 25% of its cargo ships - should also prove immune from the financial maelstrom because of its global reach, according to Theodoros Veniamis, the president of the Union of Greek Shipowners. "Shipping is a cyclical business that operates worldwide," he says. "The current crisis won't have a direct impact." (Read: "Is the Euro the New Dollar...
That will prove difficult. For the past few weeks, farmers have ridden their tractors along Greece's highways to protest plans to cut subsidies. At one point, delivery of produce on the country's northern borders ground to a halt. The Prime Minister has appealed to the farmers' sense of patriotism, but a long season of strikes is almost a certainty; state employees have a 24-hour protest planned for Feb. 10. (See 10 things to do in Athens...
...alleged roles in the episode. A French inquiry found that a titanium strip left on the runway by a departing Continental plane pierced one of the Concorde's tires and the rubber debris punctured a fuel tank, causing the aircraft to catch fire. Continental's lawyers say they can prove that the Air France flight caught fire beforehand. The trial is expected to last four months; if found guilty, the individual defendants could face up to five years in prison, while Continental could be fined more than...
...which would seem to prove that fame is no longer worth anything. But it really just shows that selling stuff is a waste of time. I don't want you to read this in the print version of TIME because TIME gets more money that way; I want you to read it here because there are two photos of me on this page. If they find a way to fit a third one in, I'll start writing for free...