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Ecological collapse Threatens: The point of ecological collapse may not yet have been reached, but its symptoms can be felt. If welfare is to grow not just in the short term but also in the medium to long term, serious adjustments will have to be made to the country's underlying approach. Enlightened leadership...; Tags: Collapse, London School Of Economics, Leadership, Management; White papers 2005-09-01
The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth: This paper investigates the remarkable extremes of growth experiences within countries and examines the changes that occur when growth starts and stops. It finds three main results. First, all but the very richest countries experience both growth miracles and failures over substantial periods. Second, growth accounting reveals that physical capital...; Tags: National Bureau of Economic Research, collapse, manufacturing; White papers 2005-07-01
The Role Of The Board Of Directors In Enron’s collapse: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations makes the following findings with respect to the role of the Enron Board of Directors in Enron’s collapse and bankruptcy. By failing to provide sufficient oversight and restraint to stop management excess, the Enron Board contributed to the company’s collapse and bears a share of the...; Tags: Corporate governance, Enron Corp., collapse, board, bankruptcy, financial; Case studies 2002-07-08

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Building societies' systemsare too slack, says FSA chief: The head of the Financial Services Authority criticised building societies yesterday for slack management and told them to overhaul their systems and governance if they are to withstand shocks from the credit crunch. In a wide-ranging speech full of stark warnings for the mutual lenders, Hector Sants,...; Articles 2008-05-08
*Man dies as blast flattens houses: Home News IN BRIEF * A man was killed last night when two cottages collapsed in a suspected gas explosion. He was pulled from the rubble and pronounced dead at the scene in Harrow, north-west London. Firefighters rescued two people from the blast site a 26-year-old...; Articles 2008-05-08

House panel readies mine-disaster report: WASHINGTON -- The House Education and Labor Committee expects to release the findings of its own investigation into last year's accident at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County at a press conference today. Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., has held several hearings on the accident that...; Articles 2008-05-08
How I rebuilt everything: MY HOME After his restaurant business collapsed, Jean-Christophe Novelli bought a Hampshire farmhouse and started to restore the building - and his life When I purchased Crouchmore Farm in late 2000 I was still recovering from losing everything. I didn't have a penny...; Articles 2008-05-07
The Great Escape: I was facing a whole day of interminable terminals - airports, aeroplanes and queues - and felt the best way to approach it was as horizontally as possible, sound asleep whenever I could be. When travelling by air now, I just want to arrive. I'd take being asleep in economy...; Articles 2008-05-07
F1 Aguri boss 'exhausted' as dream ends: TOKYO AFP — Super Aguri's founder admitted he was "exhausted" after a failed global hunt for extra funds ended with his Formula One dream in ruins. Aguri Suzuki's all-Japanese team announced its long-expected collapse after emergency talks with dozens of potential sponsors in a string of countries. ...; Articles 2008-05-07
We must stay course: I had a hard time with Don Gale's rant on the Iraq war (May 3). He blamed every economic ill in the country on the Afghan and Iraq wars. I can't believe he really thinks we should have left the Taliban in place in Afghanistan just to save a few...; Articles 2008-05-07
collapse in Bovis sales shocks City: Bovis Homes dealt another blow to the fragile housing market yesterday with a profits warning that rocked the sector to its foundations. Bovis, Britain's most profitable housebuilder last year, said its 2008 earnings would be "significantly lower" than forecast, after a dramatic slowdown in the past eight weeks. ...; Articles 2008-05-07
Lloyds TSB takes small hit from credit crunch: LONDON AFP — Lloyds TSB, the fourth-biggest bank in Britain, said on Tuesday that it had emerged relatively unscathed from the credit crunch in the first three months of the year. The collapse of the United States high-risk home loan market last year has seen many major commercial...; Articles 2008-05-06
Early morning blaze destroys Sandy home: SANDY -- A home was destroyed in an early-morning fire on Monday. The fire was reported by a neighbor about 5 a.m. at the home near 8700 South and Sundance Drive (2600 East). The home was vacant and being remodeled, firefighters said. "There was...; Articles 2008-05-06
Local UAW strike hits GM's popular Chevy Malibu: DETROIT -- A local strike on Monday at General Motors' Fairfax plant near Kansas City threatens production of one of GM's hottest-selling vehicles, the Chevrolet Malibu, at a time when the industry is struggling because of the sluggish economy. Sales of the Malibu were up 40% in April...; Articles 2008-05-06
Honda 'disappointed' by 'inevitable' SAF1 decision: Honda has claimed to be 'disappointed' by Aguri Suzuki's decision to pull the plug on his ailing Super Aguri F1 team, but admitted that it was inevitable given the operation's current circumstances. Maintaining its stance that it was not prepared to continue to prop the team up financially,...; Articles 2008-05-06
Super Aguri shunted out of Istanbul by money woes: *MOTOR RACING The struggling Super Aguri team have been denied access to the Turkish Grand Prix circuit pending talks between their founder Aguri Suzuki and backers Honda over the team's Formula One survival. A team source said yesterday that their trucks and motorhome had...; Articles 2008-05-06
Posthumous drug test ordered for Derby runner-up: LOUISVILLE, Kentucky AFP — Eight Belles, the Kentucky Derby runner-up who was euthanized on the track Saturday after breaking both front ankles, will have steroid testing during a necropsy by order of her trainer. Trainer Larry Jones ordered the doping tests be administered as part of the final...; Articles 2008-05-06
Medvedev in Putin's shadow at Kremlin inauguration: MOSCOW AFP — Dmitry Medvedev takes over the Russian presidency Wednesday in the shadow of his mentor Vladimir Putin, whose central role at a glittering Kremlin ceremony will underline his intention to retain major power as prime minister. The inauguration of Russia's third president in the turbulent 17...; Articles 2008-05-06
Medvedev inauguration ceremony starts in Kremlin: MOSCOW AFP — Dmitry Medvedev was being sworn in Wednesday as Russian president under the shadow of his powerful mentor Vladimir Putin and growing challenges to the country's oil boom from corruption and inflation. The inauguration of Russia's third president since the Soviet collapse was set to take...; Articles 2008-05-06
Charges unlikely for drunk parents: Home News IN BRIEF *It is "very unlikely" that a British couple on holiday in Portugal who allegedly got so drunk that they passed out will face charges of neglecting their three young children, a judicial source said. Instead police, hospital and social services reports are expected...; Articles 2008-05-06