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Speculation is rife in France that the board of directors at scandal-rocked Société Générale decided to retain embattled CEO Daniel Bouton only to allow him to do the one thing he's spent a decade avoiding: preparing the bank for acquisition by...
Following their meeting Wednesday, board members said they had rejected Bouton's resignation in order to preserve stability while the bank is still reeling from the $7.13 billion loss resulting from derivative trader Jérome Kerviel's illicit futures speculation. Many cited Bouton's storied record of fiercely defending...
Grassley and Baucus have praised recent initiatives by Harvard and Yale to increase financial aid for upper-middle-class families, but Summers said he believed Harvard’s move was independent of the senator’s concerns, contrary to speculation by some in the media.
Even more seriously, in March 2007 Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer - she was first diagnosed in November 2004 - came back. While treatable, the disease had progressed to a stage that's incurable. Speculation raged that Edwards would drop out of the race, but he stayed in. Six months later dropout rumors...
Samak's toughest challenge, however, may be dealing with the military. With his election, Thailand has peacefully returned to civilian rule for the first time since 2006 and, more or less, to a situation of normalcy - due largely to the coup leaders' willingness to stand by their word not to...