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...overhaul the pension system (Poland is the biggest disability-pensions payer in Europe) and increase social-security rates for wealthier Poles. But with public confidence in the Prime Minister currently at 25%, down from 63% in October 2001 when he took office, Miller faces a tough selling job. - By Tadeusz L. Kucharski and Andrew Purvis Agreeing To Disagree A U.S. judge declared a mistrial in the case against former Crédit Suisse First Boston banker Frank Quattrone. Jurors failed to reach a verdict on charges that he interfered with federal investigations into alleged unfair allocations of shares to clients...
...district). The Rialto is lavishly outfitted, with black-and-white Art Deco furnishings from Warsaw's heyday in the 1920s. Its elevator is modeled on an Orient Express compartment, with red leather seating. There are only 45 rooms, and no two have the same design. --By Andrew Purvis and Tadeusz Kucharsk/Warsaw
...glad he's gone. "The environment in which we've been operating has been exceptionally hostile," says Henryka Bochniarz, president of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers. If the new guy isn't any better, at least he won't be around for long. - By Blaine Greteman. Reported by Tadeusz L. Kucharski/Warsaw and Jan Stojaspal The Bubble Economy There must be good economic news somewhere: French drinks group Rémy Cointreau said revived champagne sales tripled its profits in bubbly, to €17.2 million. Or perhaps businesses are heeding Napoleon's supposed words: "In victory, you deserve champagne...
...more widespread. In February, the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita published a story alleging that the Archbishop of Poznan, Father Juliusz Paetz, made a habit of sexually assaulting young clerics from the local seminary. According to the report, Paetz's behavior became so notorious that the rector of the seminary, Father Tadeusz Karkosz, forbade the archbishop to visit the college...
...With reporting by Beau Briese/ New York and Tadeusz L. Kucharski/Gdynia...