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...government clearly shook up such manipulators in its recent sting. But the fact is the feds aren't set up to succeed time and again. The FBI and U.S. Attorney are great at undercover work and prosecuting fraud. But they don't know common stock from livestock. The market is the SEC's domain. But the SEC isn't empowered to employ wiretaps or conduct stings. No single agency is fully equipped for the mission...
...according to the Hebrew calendar the one-year anniversary fell Wednesday. Since the assassination, the peace efforts have been strained and the chasm between Israelis who support the land-for-peace formula and those opposed to it have increased. Earlier this year, four suicide bombings by Islamic militants shook Israelis' confidence in the peace process and helped lead to hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu's election as Prime Minister. Since Netanyahu took office, relations between Israel and its Arab and Palestinian neighbors have been strained as Netanyahu drags his feet on implementing Rabin's peace plan. The rifts within Israel have...
Last March Johnson shook the company to the rafters. In one of the most important changes in its history, he reshuffled the managers of 26 equity funds. (Seven months earlier, the managers of 21 bond funds had been reassigned.) Since March, some high-profile talent has walked--including Jeffrey Vinik, the manager of Magellan, in June...
...shot them at 5 p.m." Meanwhile Abu Khadim and 250 comrades fled to the mountain town of Salahuddin, a stronghold of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, the very man who had invited Saddam Hussein into northern Iraq. Asked if they felt betrayed by the CIA, an Abu Khadim aide shook his head in disbelief and replied, "I was astonished that the U.S. Air Force did not come to our rescue...
...turned to go, then shook her head...