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...when Khodorkovsky was arrested last week on tax evasion and other charges, following months of intimidation, alarm bells went off in Russia and around the world. Prosecutors froze a 44% stake in Yukos, the world's fourth largest oil company and the source of Khodorkovsky's wealth, estimated last year at $8 billion. Khodorkovsky denies any wrongdoing, and his lawyers say the charges are purely political...
...used on the pipeline, and there is no question about that. It was not." The company did acknowledge several years ago that abuses by the military may have been committed in preparation for building the pipeline. Even so, the spokesman argued, as a "passive" investor-Unocal has a 28% stake in Total's pipeline-the company is not responsible for what soldiers may have done. He asked, "If Unocal invested in Los Angeles, would it be responsible for the actions of the L.A. police department?" It will be up to the court to decide how much the oil company...
...advantage. The latest polls show him ahead in New Hampshire and tied with Gephardt in Iowa. And two of the biggest unions in America, the SEIU and AFCSME, are poised to endorse him, which will help kill the impression that only rich Northeastern liberals support him and put a stake in the heart of Dick Gephardt, the old liberal guard?s best hope of derailing Dean...
...reorganize their infrastructure all for the good of workers? Greider suggested that the burden to convince companies to change is shared in the community. That is, the corporation’s investors and the members of the community at large have a social responsibility to use their own stake and influence in the corporation to force change...
...next 6 months: the American economic recovery will influence the foreign markets and we have to wait for their trend, then there are still hotbeds of revolt in the Middle East and we don't know how is gonna be the consequences, there are so many factors at stake. Anyway I am optimist, I trust the American country, it is strong, I am sure it will get better. Leonardo Selmi Pisa, Italy...