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...Russia's first years as a market economy, crooks and businessmen were one and the same. But Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 40, the richest man in Russia, was a self-imposed reform movement. His Yukos Oil Co. enjoys a reputation among foreign investors as perhaps the most Western-like company in Russia. It has a cluster of Americans on its board; among top management, it uses U.S. accounting standards; and it was the first Russian company to detail its precise ownership structure. Yukos has been talking with both ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco about the possible sale to one of them of as much...
...growing alignment in the views of the Brotherhood and more traditionally liberal democratic opposition groups, around the questions of democracy and sovereignty. Today, the overarching criticism of the Mubarak regime is that it is more responsive to Washington than to its own citizenry, and the internal demand for democratic reform is linked with opposition to, rather than support for U.S. policies...
...exploiting the democratic and capitalistic system already in place in America, said Greider, community members and investors can force the corporations to answer to them. He suggested that investors could intimidate corporations into self-reform by telling them, “We can give this money to all kinds of people. Why should we be giving it to you while you’re abusing your workers?” A corporation, said Greider, will be quick to change itself when faced with the threat of fiscal failure...
Generally, when liberals’ pet projects fail or work against them (think campaign finance reform), Dartboard is filled with much rejoicing—after all, he hails from a “red state” where the terms “stupid” and “liberal” go hand in hand. But DeBergalis isn’t liberal or conservative—he’s merely pro-student, and the “progressive” nature of Cambridge elections (a system which actually protects incumbents even more than other forms of voting...
Another important news item somewhat lost in the shuffle of the new season: the NCAA Division III Presidents Council voted last week to keep a piece of legislation in its reform package that would end the ability of its member schools to “play up” to Division I and offer athletic scholarships...