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...News: in early 2001 Hosea noticed suspicious payments made from the fund in 2000 that hadn't been approved by anyone in her department. She said those payments, totaling roughly $15 million, went for unspecified purposes that had nothing to do with employee benefits. Her superiors stonewalled efforts to trace the payments. In addition, Hosea found evidence of checks written for consulting services. When she questioned her superiors, she was told the payments were made to friends of top executives and she should "leave it there." An Enron spokesperson said the company is looking into the allegations. McClanahan says Hosea...
...simple reaction to this is: So what? It was America that was violated, and if America can heal itself only by wallowing in patriotism, what business is it of others? Yet to identify, trace and arrest terrorists, the U.S. needs the support of allies. That help will not come with good grace if Americans demand it as a matter of right. As someone once said, "If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll respect...
...Even though all three recent H5N1 chicken strains are related to a goose virus that originated in Guangdong, when Hong Kong inspectors find diseased mainland chickens, they are not allowed to trace the outbreak across the border to its source...
...Friday when an e-mail sent to news organizations, including CNN and Fox, claimed that Pearl had been executed and that his body could be found in an unspecified graveyard in Karachi. Someone else called the U.S. embassy in Islamabad demanding $2 million for Pearl's return. Attempts to trace the e-mails have so far proved inconclusive; the Wall Street Journal, for its part, said on Saturday that it believes Pearl may still be alive...
...businessman as smart as Kirch get into such a mess? Like media groups all over the world, the global economic downturn and the consequent slump in advertising have hurt the Kirch group. But most commentators trace his current troubles back to his foray in the 1990s into German pay-TV. Estimates suggest that by 1996, Kirch had invested close to $5 billion in digital technology and programming for pay-TV services. In 1999, he spent $1.27 billion to gain control of Premiere, his flagship pay-TV service. It was one risk too many. Since the start of 1999, KirchPayTV...