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...founder, John Rigas, and two of his sons as if they were armed and dangerous, FBI agents gave former WorldCom executives Scott Sullivan and David Myers the same star treatment, parading the handcuffed quarry in an early-morning perp walk and prompting Sullivan's lawyer to complain about "the unfair taint of the current political climate...
...Maybe that's a bit unfair. Although The Touch is transparently aiming for the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon audience and features some awfully familiar flying kicks, we have to be grateful that it avoids the cello solemnity of that blockbuster. Rather than high art, director Peter Pau aims for the high spirits of Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones films, with their roguish heroes, cultured antagonists and mytho-archaeological quests. Still, at least Spielberg threw in the occasional Arabic subtitle, thereby adding a bit of real atmosphere?a quality The Touch sadly lacks despite its $20 million budget. Pau and Yeoh...
...cable shows is that the cable shows have to make fewer episodes per season (13 for most cable dramas). But this past Emmy year, "Six Feet Under" ran 26 episodes, compared with 22 for the typical network drama. Pretty soon we'll hear the networks whining that that's unfair...
Chairman Carl Levin of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (which prepared the study) also blasts directors for "failing to acknowledge" their share of the blame for Enron's collapse. A lawyer for the board said directors were "misled" and that the report is "very unfair," but it will be welcome news to shareholders seeking billions of dollars in compensation from Enron; they could get a legal boost from the 60-page document. The bipartisan study also raises the likelihood that onetime Enron board members will come under renewed pressure to resign directorships at other major corporations like Lockheed...
...Chairman Carl Levin of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (which issued the study) also blasts directors for "failing to acknowledge" their share of the blame for Enron's collapse. A lawyer for the board called the report "very unfair," but it will be welcome news to shareholders seeking billions of dollars in compensation from Enron; they could get a legal boost from the 60-page document. The bipartisan study also raises the likelihood that one-time Enron board members will come under renewed pressure to resign directorships at other major corporations like Lockheed Martin and Qualcomm. Wendy Gramm...