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Will Natwest Three get a fair trial in US?

wcfcgnet — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:11:43 -0700

Let us not turn this world into an Armageddon

wcfcgnet — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:49:45 -0700

Allowing Israel to decimate Lebanon, killing and maiming thousands of civilians and rendering half a million people homeless to recover two soldiers will no doubt make Israel victorious. But as in the past this victory will be pyrrhic and will simply trigger further violence. For terrified people of Lebanon the terror stems from Israel 's bombs as much as from Hizbolla's barrels. The history is witness. Force always creates outlaws. British know how the gunboat diplomacy has failed. There was no Hizbolla until Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to crush PLO. Saddam Hussein was propped up by Anglo-US support to Iraq against Iran. Bin Laden was put in Afghanistan with US support to fight Russians.

Witness dies as 'NatWest Three' face extradition

wcfcgnet — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:50:10 -0700

Three former NatWest investment bankers were hours away from extradition to the US on Enron-related fraud charges last night, as ...

Dealing with powder kegs of 2006

wcfcgnet — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:51:28 -0700

Business risks its gravest challenge in 2006.

Despite prophesies of gloom, natural disasters, relentless rise in the oil prices, wide ...

corporate governance is at a crossroads

wcfcgnet — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:42:02 -0700

Corporate governance is at a crossroads today. There are pulls and pressures from different directions. On the one hand legislations such as Sarbanes Oxley are taking the micky out of the business. On the other hand self-regulation has not worked. Most investors agree with the views of Elliot Spitzer, US’s crusader against corporate fraudsters, that honour code among CEOs has not worked