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Spitzer is still working out the details of a separate case against five CEOs, calling on them to return profits made from stock offerings arranged by Salomon Smith Barney. On the basis of another roundup of e-mail, Spitzer says that Jack Grubman, then Salomon's chief telecommunications analyst, engaged with the executives in "spinning," a practice whereby a bank allocates hot, essentially risk-free shares in companies about to go public to CEOs of prospective clients. In return, the CEOs give the bank business, confident that, in turn, their own stocks will receive favorable ratings. It was from this...
...chicken, lamb tikka and butter chicken?a popular curry?along with nan, lentil dishes and cottage cheese preparations for vegetarians. It's not a sophisticated menu, but it's tasty and satisfying?and that's the template the new breed of restaurateurs is trying to break. Here is a roundup of our favorites...
...spectacular coup for Indonesia's much-maligned police force, particularly after they announced that Samudra had not only confessed to planning and directing the Bali bomb blasts but had also admitted to a string of other crimes, including several unsolved robberies and mysterious bombings. Indonesian authorities said the continuing roundup of Bali bombers had netted a total of seven suspects by Nov. 24, and added that they were actively seeking up to five more. They also said that Samudra had made a startling revelation: the smaller of the two bombs that exploded that night in Kuta...
...plot, was planned in the area. But the gathering was called off when members learned that the police were on to them. A local Afrikaans physician, Lets Pretorius, was arrested - the truck was registered in his name - for alleged contravention of the Internal Security Act. Police began their roundup of right-wingers earlier this year. Months of undercover investigation led to the discovery of the Farmers' Force's written plans for an armed coup. The plans - entitled Document 12 - involved a military take-over of army and air force bases, radio stations and parliamentary institutions. It is unlikely that...
...Despite hashing's international veneer, a finely wrought British toilet humor still predominates in hash circles?the post-run roundup of jokes, insults and infractions. The naming of newcomers, a long-standing hash tradition usually accompanied by a liberal anointment of beer and flour, can border on the obscene. "You aren't supposed to like your hash name," says Martin ("Camel") Luzon, so dubbed for his long legs and loping gait. "Usually it's some sort of caricature, or comes from something that happened on a run." He cites the example of "Skidmark," an unfortunate hasher caught with his pants...