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...with little input from shareholders but plenty from the government. All too frequently, these secretive, stage-managed bailouts put a priority not on maximizing profits, increasing shareholder value or reforming busted business models but on preserving jobs (especially those of the managers themselves), promoting "stability" and maintaining the status quo...
...link human rights to disarmament, because North Korea's representatives would probably storm out. Nevertheless, some American politicians find the U.S. bargaining position increasingly unconscionable. "Are we prepared to tell the North Korean people to give up their dreams of freedom because, in the interest of the status quo, we are willing to make a deal with their slave masters in Pyongyang?" asks Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican who backs a Senate bill on North Korean rights...
...talked to vested political interests and the perpetrators of fraudulent sting journalism. Fluffing up political allegations and gossip does not make for journalism of international standards. In the case of the Judeo tape, accepting a donation for political work or campaigns is not against the law. No quid pro quo has yet been established. No one has the right to presume guilt till the facts are known. Regarding the reusable caskets, these are specialized items used by the U.N. in Ethiopia and supplied to the U.S. army, as well. No one has claimed that these "coffins" were once supplied...
...status quo needs to change and men and women need to work side-by-side to change it. It’s a matter of fairness, but more than that, it’s a matter of self-interest. Bringing more women to the table will add fresh perspectives and facilitate better decision. And including more women sure beats paying out multi-million-dollar sex discrimination suits...
...TIME investigation reveals how insurgents in Iraq aim to create an Islamic state and turn the country into a terrorist haven"? Congratulations. You have discovered the status quo. MICHAEL TOMLIN Boise, Idaho...