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...Swiss as an offense. Tax havens, says Richard Hay, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in London who represents tax havens and some investor groups, "don't want to commit commercial suicide by moving ahead of international standards." He adds: "We are not willing to jump into the volcano if others are not ready to follow." Corporations feel the same way: Why give up a legal advantage? The board of Tyco, for example, is recommending to shareholders that they vote at the annual meeting next month for the scandal-ridden firm to remain incorporated in low-tax Bermuda. But some investors...
...draw parallels between the supremacy of ancient Rome and the current hyperpower of the U.S. Does he intend us to read the devastation of Pompeii as somehow analogous to the attacks of 9/11? A divine check on the hubris of empire? The connection feels reckless at best. Sometimes a volcano is just a volcano. --By Lev Grossman
Phoebe M. Lithgow ’04, who reported for the 2002 Let’s Go travel guide to Costa Rica, said that Arenal Volcano, located roughly half an hour from Jaco Beach, erupts regularly...
...biggest hot springs in Costa Rica is located right in the path of the lava, so if the volcano ever did have a major eruption, all the tourists would be covered in burning ash,” Lithgow said...
Levy said he looked forward to paying a visit to the volcano at night...