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...improve unless there was clear evidence that North Korea is committed to reform. Meanwhile in Shenyang, north China, authorities detained Yang Bin, the Chinese-born tycoon who runs the North Korean free-trade zone of Sinuiju. Police questioned Yang about tax evasion as well as real estate and stock fraud. MEANWHILE In The Drink Albania's capital, Tirana, thought it had escaped Europe's summer floods. But a drunk dam worker changed that. Angry at being forbidden to drink on the job, the unnamed worker opened the floodgates. By the time the army stopped the flow, two days later, Tirana...
...insiders say, he probably has just two or three months to clear up Salomon's troubles before they start to look like his own. Last week, Weill said he would give up seats on the boards of AT&T and United Technologies. In rapid fashion, Weill has settled civil fraud charges with the NASD and the suit by the FTC accusing Citi of predatory lending. The NASD had charged that Grubman had recommended shares of Winstar Communications even though he privately harbored concerns about the telecom firm's prospects. While Salomon agreed to pay the NASD $5 million in fines...
...finally located Dabord in a San Diego--area hospital, comatose and in critical condition after an apparent drug overdose. Dabord had been found five days earlier, unconscious and without identification, on a street in Tijuana, Mexico. The hospital called in police, who made the ID and charged him with fraud. Dabord may be the only person who can explain just what happened aboard Dele's boat. "We presume that the bodies of these people must be in the sea--the ocean--and will probably never be found," says prosecutor Michel Marotte in Tahiti. The 55-ft. boat Hakuna Matata embarked...
...major airlines of highly paid senior pilots. The 76-page appeal, which uses previously unreleased documents obtained by the petitioners, claims that the agency has dismissed or ignored research showing that older pilots are as safe as their younger colleagues. "This is the government version of ceo fraud," says Bert Yetman, president of the Professional Pilots Federation, a group that has been working since 1991 to change the rule and is backing the petition. "Only this time it is our government itself--the FAA--that is committing the fraud." The FAA disputes that, and an official says it remains open...
...Gets Militant How intense are Disney's troubles? The company hired George Mitchell, who helped forge Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement, to co-chair the corporate governance committee. Better Luck For The Irish Allied Irish will sell Allfirst, the troubled subsidiary where the company uncovered a $691 million fraud in February, to U.S. bank M&T for $3.1 billion. Vivendi's Dash For Cash The Vivendi fire sale began in earnest, as the group sold its Italian pay TV arm Telepiú; to News Corp. for €1 billion. The company confirmed it would also sell its publishing...