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...week's end the President decided to resume high-level talks with North Korea, prompted by assurances from the IAEA that no fuel had yet been diverted for weapons production and by his own realization that a precipitate push for a trade embargo against North Korea is the fastest road to a dangerous confrontation. Even if sanctions could win approval in the U.N. Security Council -- where China has repeatedly stated its opposition -- Pyongyang has said it will regard the imposition of trade restrictions as an act of war, and could retaliate by invading South Korea...
Baghdad is trying to attract Russia by offering major contracts for oil exploration and rebuilding refineries. In February the Italian gas company Italgaz sent a high-level delegation to Iraq, followed last month by representatives of 30 leading Italian companies, including Fiat autos and International Scientifica, a medical-equipment maker. British, German and Japanese firms have also been poking around the bazaar...
...within the world's largest computer maker (revenues: $63 billion) fight for its very soul. Just last week Robert Corrigan, 53, whom IBM watchers credit with turning around the company's vital personal-computer business, abruptly declared he would take early retirement next month. The announcement marked the second high-level departure in as many weeks. Earlier, Gerald Czarnecki resigned as the IBM executive in charge of slashing the company's bloated work force and unbuttoning its culture, amid reports that he had been proceeding too slowly to please his superiors...
...more I watch the show, I realize you guys do an incredible amount of comedy and stuff that is produced that is very high-level. And the volume and the quality of the stuff just knocks me out, and I think you've really done a great job to carve out a wonderful identity for yourselves...
...officials said they would not consider rehiring Burciaga because there are simply no high-level posts available...