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EDIBLE SPREADABLES Here's a finding from the Netherlands that may make it easier to swallow cholesterol-busting margarines like Benecol and Take Control. Researchers report that using the plant-derived spreads once a day at lunch seems to drive down bad-cholesterol levels as effectively as consuming them three times a day. The catch: you still have to eat the spreads every day for the rest of your life...
...Estimated number of crimes the Philadelphia police department failed to report...
Since then, the Times has toned down its rhetoric. Following the initial report, the paper put reporter William Broad on the case and six months later turned out another front-page story. This one took pains to explain that building an espionage case is an "imprecise art" and that federal investigators may have "focused too soon" on Lee. The paper's editorial page has also redirected its barbs, prodding the President to appoint an independent examiner. Last week the Times maintained that "if racial profiling is found, investigators and prosecutors should be called to account for their conduct...
Suddenly, Liechtenstein scrambled to set matters right. Within two working days, the parliament hurried through a bundle of new laws making it a crime for bankers or financial intermediaries to fail to report suspicious activity, and allowing Liechtenstein authorities to cooperate with foreign authorities to fight money laundering. The legislature also approved plans to hire new judges, prosecutors and police officers with special knowledge of economic crimes. "We see there is more criminality in the financial sector than we thought," admits Prime Minister Mario Frick. He added that the newly adopted legislation will lift the veil of banking secrecy...
...FATF report epitomized the tough new stance being adopted by industrial nations to stamp out money laundering, the process of taking illegally obtained funds such as drug money and making them appear to come from legitimate business. Pressure has focused on tax havens because they attract money fleeing tax collectors and often employ bank-secrecy rules that make it hard to identify illegal cash. Money hidden from tax collectors is considered illegal in many countries, but not in places like Liechtenstein...