Word: slap
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...Shareholder advocates suggest that the Siemens board may have another motive, too: to build goodwill with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC is conducting its own investigation into the bribery affair and could slap hefty fines on the company unless Siemens demonstrates that it is taking convincing action to clean up the mess on its own. "The SEC plays a role in this decision in the sense that Siemens wants to show that it is pursuing everyone involved regardless of their past position or reputation," says Daniela Bergdolt of the German Association for the Protection of Securities Ownership...
...floats the argument that Islamic militants had the right to kill civilians in the U.S. and Israel - because these are democracies, where the people choose their leaders and thus are responsible for policies that enslave the rest of the world. The hand he stretched out here meant to slap the politicians but instead hit the mourning citizens of the country whose movies had taught him so much...
...modern music's biggest headache, a good old-fashioned remedy: British music fans sharing illegal files online can now expect a polite slap on the wrist in the form of a letter through the post from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The warnings are part of a government-brokered agreement between the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents record labels in the U.K., and the country's six leading ISPs, and aims to stymie online piracy by better educating Internet users about illegal file sharing and by promoting access to legitimate online services. The deal offers "hope of a sustainable...
...Slap for Wal-Mart An Arkansas judge found a Wal-Mart in Conway, Arkansas, guilty of predatory pricing on pharmacy products and ordered the store to raise its prices. (Ironically, health-care czarina Hillary Rodham Clinton served on Wal- Mart's board until she became First Lady...
...Beyond those concerns, Meyer, who says he learned of the plan just hours before it was announced, seems stung by the Department of Health's parachuting into his trench. "This was presented to us fait accompli," he says. "It was a slap in the face." He also suspects Bronx residents will bristle at the selection of their borough as the first mass-testing site. "There's still a tremendous amount of distrust in minority communities about people from outside coming in and saying, 'This is what's best for you,'" he says. Still, some 50 community-based organizations...