MONEYTALK: Update Aug 4th 2008 SEC, $2 bn bribes to secure Siemens orders

Update Aug 4th 2008New York stock exchange SEC visits Siemens (electronics) in Germany for corruption case. SEC may fine Siemens with $1.5 bn, for not respecting listed NY stock market rulings Siemens has...

Chinese diplomat honored for saving thousands in Holocaust

Stories like this abound nowadays but they remain equally enthralling.  It has made me wonder, what could have their parents, guardians, and/or mentors told them as they were growing up so that they put others ahead of themselves?  Then I thought, maybe they were...

Madeleine probe second top detective threatens to quit

"The hunt for Madeleine McCann descended into chaos today after it emerged that a second senior detective on the case wants to quit. Chief Inspector Tavares Almeida, 48, who interrogated Kate McCann, is said to have put in a request with his superiors for an extended leave of...

Suing Your Boss: No Longer Just a Fantasy?

If some lawmakers have their way, getting sweet, sweet revenge on one's boss won't just be the subject of a Dolly Parton movie, but all-too-real life:"Lawmakers across the country are considering legislation that...

Stop Using Credit Report As A Criterion In Hiring

"Lisa Bailey worked for five months at Harvard University as a temp entering donations into a database. When the university made the job a salaried position, Ms. Bailey, who is black, saw a chance to lift herself out of dead-end jobs. Bailey's superiors encouraged her to...

Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist (AP)

" JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified. Bleu Copas, 30, told The...

Ten galleries of photo and video from Abu Ghraib

More than any previous publication. 279 photographs and 19 videos.

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