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...fines only injure innocent shareholders. Christopher Cox, the new SEC chairman, is expected to lean the same direction. Meanwhile, even in the halls of congress there has been concern that the tough Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform bill has placed too great a burden?and expense?on companies working to tow the line. Cox has already said he?s going to give small companies some relief from Sarbanes-Oxley by extending for one year the deadline for coming into compliance. It could be that the recent string of decades-long prison sentences for white-collar criminals proves to be an extreme...
...Northrop hangar, wherein the Tigershark resides. Our innocent is not met by a sales rep; rather, Roy Martin, a test pilot, blond and angular and wearing a jumpsuit crosshatched by so many zippered pockets that he could carry a disassembled jeep around in his coveralls, takes the shopper in tow...
What is the next-best thing to a car that never breaks down? How about an auto backed by a guarantee that if it sputters and stalls, the owner will get a free tow and in some cases a hot dinner, a free hotel room and an airline ticket? Starting May 1, Volvos will come with a three-year guarantee of free 24-hour access to service dispatchers who can arrange tows, repairs and even reimbursement of up to $500 for room, board and alternative transportation if needed...
...three days, though apparently taking in water, the stricken sub managed to stay afloat, limping eastward under its own power before accepting a tow from one of several Soviet merchant ships that had arrived on the scene. Then, early last week, the towline was disconnected, and the remaining 120 crew members were evacuated under the glare of red and green safety flares. The 9,600-ton sub disappeared under the waves, sinking some 18,000 ft. to the bottom...
...Perry thought Mr. Carling “the most good-looking guy” she had ever seen. Noting that her handsome colleague regularly left work with a surfboard in tow, she worked up the courage to ask if he could teach her how to surf at a nearby beach in San Diego, Calif. The two went on a surfing date and were immediately smitten...