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...distinct true orange flavor. Although McGee describes how eggs are washed during the process of being prepared for market, he does not add that the practice is prohibited in European Community countries because it removes the protective bloom, a film the hen deposits on the shell. McGee also gives scant coverage to vegetables, fruits, herbs and nuts, a shortcoming he acknowledges, calling them token entries, included to impart a sense of completeness to the work...
...review has been performed much too hastily,” said Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, a Council member. “You can’t do a thorough review from top to bottom...in two scant years...
Perhaps most unsettling for CEOs in the hot seat is that Ebbers was convicted despite scant evidence connecting him to the crime. The prosecution's star witness, former CFO Sullivan, admitted in court to drug use, lying to WorldCom's board and filing false financial statements. Yet while most of the jurors didn't find Sullivan very credible, it was even less plausible that Ebbers would not have detected accounting fraud on such a massive scale right under his nose. As the jury heard, this was a man so obsessed with saving a buck that he sniffed...
...penalties brought a measure of satisfaction. WorldCom's 2002 bankruptcy wiped out stock worth $180 billion at its peak. Employees like Bryant who had much of their retirement savings in company stock saw their investments wiped out. Bryant's stake dwindled from $39,000 to $4,000. (It's scant solace that WorldCom emerged from bankruptcy under the less tainted name of MCI, now a takeover target likely to fetch upwards of $8 billion from Qwest or Verizon.) WorldCom bond investors had a second reason to cheer when J.P. Morgan Chase agreed last week to pay $2 billion to settle...
...While many of NewMargin's projects are in IT, Feng still invests in companies that allow him to get his hands dirty. When he discovered Shenzhen-based hazardous-waste-treatment outfit Dongjiang in 2001, it was making a scant $100,000 a year collecting refuse from factories and, according to Feng, treating it so inexpertly that the company caused more pollution. Feng's younger brother Bo, also one of China's leading VCs, advised him against an investment. "It didn't look like a winner," admits Feng. But with his guidance, Dongjiang now boasts clients such as IBM, bringing...