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- Backlash grows as Congress moves toward housing rescue
- WASHINGTON AFP — As Congress moves to aid distressed US homeowners, the prospect of a new rescue is drawing fire from a diverse array of activists, economists and consumers opposing what they call a bailout. The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to create a 300-billion-dollar federal...
- Research articles 2008-05-11
- EIGHTH ANNUAL A.A. SOMMER, JR. LECTURE ON CORPORATE, SECURITIES, AND FINANCIAL LAW[dagger], THE
- WELCOME DEAN TREANOR: Hello, everyone. My name is Bill Treanor. I'm the Dean of Fordham Law School. It's my incredible pleasure to welcome you to tonight's A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture. This is an event that speaks very profoundly to what the law school is about. We have had, for a...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Beef recall has major impact.(WASHINGTON)
- The largest meat recall in U.S. history occurred on Feb. 17, with over 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef products withdrawn from the market. The HALLMARK/WESTLAND MEAT PACKING CO., Chino, CA, was shut down after the products were "determined to be unfit for human food...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Ideology of development: the failed ideologies of the last century have come to an end. But a new one has risen to take their place. It is the ideology of Development--and it promises a solution to all the world's ills. But like Communism, Fascism, and th
- A dark ideological specter is haunting the world. It is almost as deadly as the tired ideologies of the last century--communism, fascism, and socialism--that failed so miserably. It feeds some of the most dangerous trends of our time, including religious fundamentalism. It is the half-century-old ideology...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Andres Duany: architect, town planner, co-founder of New Urbanism; age 57.(Icon)(Interview)
- I'm from Santiago [Cuba]. My family has been in that city since 1702. I'm the first male in my family not to live there. I feel at home in the Caribbean, which is one of the reasons I find New Orleans so interesting. I began...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Jordan Attacks Cause Arab Backlash Against Al Qaeda
- Nir, Ori Forward 11-18-2005 WASHINGTON -- Last week's suicide attacks on three Jordanian hotels has undercut Muslim support for Al Qaeda and the insurgents in Iraq, but also heightened concerns about their ability to strike Israel and other countries, experts said....
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- A day in London: how to be a British boy
- AMONG the more seemingly 'diagnostic' pronouncements of the press on the first successful strike by the Islamic insurgency in Britain (I mean diagnostic of media culture itself, not analytical of 'homegrown suicide-bombing') was one from The Mirror on 13 July, informing us that the perpetrators of '7/7' were 'four ordinary...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Backlash begins over stretching courses to combat golf's sluggers
- AKRON, United States AFP — The brutal 650-yard par-five 17th at Baltursol during the USPGA championship raised the question of how long can a golf hole be stretched. This week at the WGC NEC Invitational the players get another look at the infamous Firestone Country Club's 667-yard 16th, the...
- Research articles 2005-08-17
- Businesses say corporate governance can go too far
- Shaken by shareholders' long-running revolt against overpaid CEOs, weak boards and poorly run businesses, the nation's corporations are starting to strike back. Business officials are challenging the new post-Enron rules, calling them harsh and costly. They're blasting the two strongest forces in the governance movement: California Public Employees' Retirement...
- Research articles 2004-06-24
- Backlash imperils Pakistani leader
- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The prospect of nabbing a top al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan's lawless tribal region may have evaporated. But for President Pervez Musharraf, the risks of an aggressive anti-terrorism campaign remain. A tape broadcast Thursday that claimed to be a recording made by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's...
- Research articles 2004-03-26
- Sharon had close business ties to kidnapped Israeli's father-in-law
- JERUSALEM AFP ? Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had a close business relationship with the father-in-law of a kidnapped reservist colonel who was freed as part of a controversial deal with Hezbollah, the Maariv daily reported. Elhanan Tanenbaum's father-in-law, Shimon Cohen, who is now 89, was hired by Sharon...
- Research articles 2004-03-03
- National security versus civil liberties.
- Political, media, and academic observers have consistently noted the adverse impact of post-9/11 antiterrorism measures on civil liberties, yet Attorney General John Ashcroft and others in the administration insist that the measures are consistent with constitutional values. The national security versus civil liberties debate has special saliency during wartime, particularly...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- The Myth of 'Big Media'
- Our public debates often fly off into the wild blue yonder of fantasy. So it's been with the Federal Communications Commission's new media-ownership rules. We're told that, unless the FCC's decision is reversed, it will worsen the menacing concentration of media power and that this will--to exaggerate only slightly--imperil free...
- Research articles 2003-08-11
- Fund industry faces political backlash.
- Byline: Mike Foster The fund management community is worried that it will fall victim to a political and regulatory backlash following corporate scandals, pension deficits and falls in value for retail funds.Philippa Malmgren, a former adviser to President George W Bush, warned last week's...
- Research articles 2003-06-29
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel Column.
- By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 24--LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF WAR ON GLOBAL ECONOMY UNCERTAIN: Even before the Pentagon's planners coined the phrase "shock and awe" to describe their strategy in Iraq, economists were talking about the...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- The law: the impact of antiterrorism policies on separation of powers: assessing John Ashcroft's role.
- Regaining presidential prerogatives was high on the new Bush administration's agenda from the start, but the September 11 tragedy provided the context needed to expand executive authority. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has emerged as a key defender of unilateral presidential power. By examining his and the Justice Department's activities...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- DoD News briefing -- Part 2 of 2.
- RDATE:06212002 With respect to Chechnya -- and thank you for the prompting -- soft laughter -- what the -- intelligence is imperfect. It tends to be scraps of information that then gets pieced together into a picture that one man develops...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Blood and Money
- There are so many things La-Shawn Clark never thought she'd be dealing with right now, least of all the overwhelming weight of her grief. Her husband, Keefe, who courted her with flowers even after they married 11 years ago, was last seen carrying a wheelchair-bound stranger down a smoky stairwell...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- Jock Envy - women in men's sports
- David Shiflett predicts that, in our lifetimes, there will never be a female linebacker in the NFL IT IS A GIVEN these days that the modern male feels threatened by females, who have formed a great phalanx of sisterhood to drive men from their privileged thrones. Hillary Clinton, to...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Is ITV a 'Red Herring?' Holy Mackerel! A backlash develops
- Interactive television has taken some lumps recently, but some of these reports are real fish stories. Is there cause for concern that the hype is outpacing reality? First, AT&T Broadband said last week it would not launch interactive TV until 2001 as the company deploys Motorola's DCT-5000 boxes in...
- Research articles 2000-08-21
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