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...economic and material assets." But he simultaneously pledges that there won't be a witch hunt. "We won't allow another redistribution of property in Ukraine outside of law or rules of market competition," he says. At most, a few dozen firms could be affected: "There is no Yukos specter over Ukraine. There is no threat to the investment climate." International firms and investors hope he's right. Ukraine is a promising new frontier for business development. Its economy grew by an impressive 12% last year, helped by strong demand from Russia and China for steel and other commodities that...
...when they plugged in last Thursday after midnight at TT the Bear’s Place, Longwave enthusiastically banished the specter of those prep-school Television-heads in seconds. Combining previews of their upcoming LP There’s a Fire, awaiting a May release on RCA, with a few songs from their first two albums thrown into the mix, the band showed they know how to set a room certifiably ablaze...
...Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York. Schumer's staff was able to download personal information on the likes of Dick Cheney and Brad Pitt from a ChoicePoint rival, Westlaw. Nearly 10 million people were victimized last year by identity theft, at a cost of $5 billion. Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, pledged to schedule hearings on the topic. And that was before Bank of America learned, as first reported by TIME.com that it had lost several data-backup tapes that held information on at least 1.2 million federal employee credit-card accounts--possibly including some of Senators...
AILING. ARLEN SPECTER, 75, veteran Republican Senator from Pennsylvania; with an advanced stage of Hodgkin's disease, an often curable cancer of the lymph system, which his doctors say he has a 70% chance of surviving; in Washington. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Specter will continue to work while undergoing chemotherapy over the next six to eight months. "I have beaten a brain tumor, bypass surgery and many tough political opponents, and I'm going to beat this too," he said...
...American Idiot,” which was also nominated and snubbed, “Vertigo” becomes indistinguishable from “Beautiful Day” or any other anthemic Bono bonanza. But they’re U2. It’s this specter of the establishment, creeping into criticism, that makes me so dubious and ultimately diffident about where these awards...