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...According to media reports, the informant first approached tax authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with the deal last month. The individual provided a sample of the data, which authorities are now checking to determine its legitimacy. Details of the proposed deal were then leaked to the media, plunging Chancellor Angela Merkel's government into a public moral dilemma. Should it pay the $3.5 million the informant was reported to have demanded - which the media said could help the country recoup some $140 million in lost tax revenue - or turn down the offer because it amounted...
...latter, saying the data may not even be admissible in court because of the manner in which it was obtained. Other officials and experts warned that the government would be sending the wrong message by striking such a shady deal. "The German rule of law obliges the state to tax people equally, but the state should also not deal with criminals," Moris Lehner, a professor of international law at Munich's Ludwig Maximilian University, tells TIME. "The informant acquired the data through a criminal act, and the government has to weigh up its obligations very carefully." Peter Schaar, the German...
...person can often move much more quickly than some of the less agile organizations involved in global health, since they do not have to contend with the same political forces and special interests. Gates’ immense wealth grants him a type of influence in the field that resembles state power, but unlike the decisions of a government or large institutions, such as the World Health Organization, his actions remain unchecked by the authority of a democratic will. The unrestricted power that results can change the very landscape of global health, altering both priorities and methods of healthcare implementation, sometimes...
Smith flashed a lengthy series of slides replete with charts, graphs, and figures up on the screen to inform Faculty members on the state of FAS finances and the suggestions generated by the six working groups created last...
With the help of his large-screen presentation, Smith discussed the improved financial state of FAS, which is now $80 million in the red. But Smith shied away from details and gravitated towards general statements regarding plans to implement the budgetary recommendations devised by the working groups and his continued dedication to academic planning and Harvard’s “core mission...