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...vote for a new President, optimists say, holds the key to progress. Bush had joined Sharon in spurning peace negotiations on the grounds that Arafat let violence flourish under his corrupt, incompetent authoritarian rule and so was not an acceptable partner for peace. For more than two years the U.S. and Israel turned their backs on the Palestinians. For those who construed Sharon's rejection of Arafat as an excuse to avoid negotiations altogether, the prospect of new management offers the Palestinians a chance to call the Israeli leader's bluff--though Israel was happy to ignore Arafat's legitimacy...
...They might wear suits instead of fatigues and tone down the "revolution to victory" rhetoric, but Israelis still don't trust them. Privately, Israeli officials expect that the moderates' tenure will prove transitory. In any case, Sharon remains fundamentally less interested in negotiating a final settlement with a Palestinian partner than in setting in stone security for Israel on his own terms. And the Prime Minister, says an aide to Sharon, does not anticipate a burst of pressure from the Bush Administration to change course now. He took Bush's comments last week as a green light to continue...
...attempt to hide its state of insolvency," he said in a report, Parmalat "entangled itself in gran-diose financial operations that were ever more costly." "OFFENSIVE AND RIDICULOUS" By the end of the '90s, the first red flags began popping up. In late 1999, Esteban Pedro Villar, a partner in the Buenos Aires offices of accountants Deloitte & Touche, filed an internal "early warning report" expressing serious concerns about Parmalat's Latin American operations. He peppered the company with so many questions that cfo Tonna lost his temper. The requests for information are "offensive and ridiculous," Tonna thundered in a June...
...most effective ways to reduce your risk is to communicate with your partner. Even when there’s no malicious intent, it often happens that someone sends mixed signals or doesn’t take the time to ask. For both people’s sakes, it’s important to give clear consent (i.e., saying “yes”) and to say “stop” whenever you feel uncomfortable. While it may seem awkward at first, being forthright becomes easier with practice...
...charged Microsoft in March with abusing its dominant position. Without Novell and the CCIA, U.S. software firm RealNetworks remains the only major supporter of the Commission. Is the E.U.'s case damaged? Withdrawing "for commercial reasons won't change the [appeal court's] position whatsoever," predicts Craig Pouncey, managing partner at law firm Herbert Smith in Brussels. Microsoft surely won't settle for that. By Adam Smith...