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...Management Shell Game What if they gave a business scandal and no one came? Royal Dutch/Shell plunged deeper into crisis last week as new details emerged about how the Anglo-Dutch oil giant overstated its reserves. But for the moment investors don't seem to care. Shell's stock barely budged after a report in the New York Times alleged that the newly appointed chairman, Jeroen van der Veer, was one of several executives who may have known about the reserves shortage two years before the company cut its official estimate by 20% in January. Even a deepening investigation...
...Bush’s rhetoric in the Feb. 24 speech did not go far beyond reiterating empty allusions to his narrow perception of the United States’ “cultural, religious and natural roots.” By this he refers to the cultural hegemony of an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant conservatism. Allowing same-sex couples the right to enter into civil marriage in the United States does not, however, impinge in any way on the cultural or religious freedoms that Bush claims to protect. Instead, it affords bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender (BGLT) people a legal status that...
...benefits of international competition. That kind of talk could move Barber's job offshore. - By Adam Smith Running On Empty Philip Watts caved in to shareholder pressure and stepped down from his post as chairman of oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell. His resignation came two months after the Anglo-Dutch firm was forced to cut its proven oil and gas reserves estimate...
...Bush’s rhetoric in the Feb. 24 speech did not go far beyond reiterating empty allusions to his narrow perception of the United States’ “cultural, religious and natural roots.” By this he refers to the cultural hegemony of an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant conservatism. Allowing same-sex couples the right to enter into civil marriage in the United States does not, however, impinge in any way on the cultural or religious freedoms that Bush claims to protect. Instead, it affords bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender (BGLT) people a legal status that...
Seriously, though, you have to think hockey would’ve gone over well with the Anglo Saxons and their mead-hall crowd. There is something special about this game, truly a gentleman’s sport. Men (and women) pulverize one another with sticks while adhering (most of the time) to an honor code that is equal parts law-bound and unspoken...