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From his perch on the ultra-posh side of the income distribution, Griffiths sounded piggish. But is there anything to his statement? Will big profits and bonuses at Wall Street firms really bring greater prosperity and opportunity for all? (See the top 10 crooked CEOs...
...Russia and others were negotiating with Iran in Vienna, Vice President Joe Biden was in Warsaw confirming plans to deploy Patriot ground-to-air missiles in Poland, and a U.S. official said in Tbilisi that "the process of Georgia's deeper integration into NATO is very important." No statement was likely to trouble Russia more...
...first time a Cardinal had directly and publicly challenged the Burke position. O'Malley's statement was followed by another from Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wis., who lamented that "the death of Senator Kennedy has called forth at least an apparent rejection of mercy on the part of not a few Catholics." It was inevitable that Burke would emerge to fire back. At a Sept. 18 dinner in Washington sponsored by the conservative media outlet Inside Catholic, Burke declared that "neither Holy Communion nor funeral rites should be administered to [pro-choice] politicians." The audience gave Burke a prolonged...
...Dave Butler, Grainger's director of corporate affairs, said in a statement that the decision to lay off Nicholson was driven solely by "the operational needs of the company during a period of extraordinary market turbulence. Grainger rejects outright any suggestion that there was any other motivation relating to Mr. Nicholson's beliefs or otherwise." (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs struck back quickly, releasing a statement characterizing Hun Sen's appointment "as [an] interference in Thailand's domestic affairs [that] puts personal interest and relations before the national interests of the two countries." The country's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva echoed the dissatisfaction: "The announcement by the Cambodian government harmed the Thai justice system and really affected Thai public sentiment...