Word: commissioner
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Giebler has joined hundreds of relatives of Flight 103 victims in an organized attempt to change Government and airline policies and win compensation for their loss. Embittered after countless run-ins with unresponsive and evasive officials, their early efforts to lobby for improved airline safety quickly hardened into demands for...
Auction has transformed the very nature of the art sale. In 1983 the old English firm of Sotheby's was taken over by A. Alfred Taubman, American conglomerator, real estate giant and collector. The deal had to be approved by Britain's Monopolies and Mergers Commission. At the commission hearings...
Regan would argue that he didn't violate the tax law. (A former IRS commissioner was prepared to testify to much the same thing, but the jury was not allowed to hear this because the judge accepted the Government's argument that his views might blur the issue.) Regan's trades were part of a hedging strategy under which you buy and sell related securities at the same time. You lose on one and gain on the other, but if you've done the math right, you'll usually lose a little less than you gain. Yippee...
-- In Washington a domestic-partnership benefits commission has been established by the city council to explore extending benefits to the partners of municipal employees.
A. Well, of course. But at the same time we have to say yes on many issues. First of all, we -- particularly politicians -- should say no to some groups of people at home. For example, Japan's distribution system is a shambles. The Japanese Fair Trade Commission is a den...