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...stock prices that on Friday left the market at a five-year low, Americans are more worried about their financial future than at any other time since the turbulent '70s. They flocked to stocks in the roaring 1990s, only to see $7.7 trillion of paper wealth incinerated. If the scandal and collapse at Enron had been isolated, the nation's deflated sense of opportunity might have been repaired by now. Instead, the lid has been lifted on bogus revenue-generating schemes throughout the energy and telecom industries; earnings deception on an even broader scale; and the frightening failure of accountants...
...Gdynia Shipyard Group was featured in the July 16, 2001, issue of TIME Global Business. The group, which owned the yard where Lech Walesa led his worker's revolt, had shed its communist legacy to adopt market-economy practices such as product specialization and round-the-clock shifts. Now scandal at a competing shipyard may threaten Gdynia's success. The Stocznia Szczecinska shipyard, Poland's second largest shipbuilder, was forced in June to declare bankruptcy. Six of the company's former executives were arrested and charged with criminal mismanagement and fraud that led to $16 million in lost revenue...
LONDON—When I touched down in Heathrow Airport for a summer internship with a member of Parliament, I had every intention of learning the ins-and-outs of British politics. Sure, I expected a fresh perspective on the hot issues back home such as corporate scandal, dirty money in Washington and the pending invasion of Iraq. But I believed that such lessons would take place in the background. After all, I was in another country, and it seemed only fitting to immerse myself in native concerns while I had the chance...
...LATEST COVER STORY Korea's Pop Scandal July 29, 2002 Past Issues Pakistan's President Jul. 22, 2002 ----------------- Vegetarianism Jul. 15, 2002 ----------------- Understanding Anxiety Jul. 8, 2002 ----------------- Being Tom Cruise Jul. 1, 2002 ----------------- Asia's World Cup Jun. 24, 2002 ----------------- China's Labor Problems...
...LATEST COVER STORY Korea's Pop Scandal July 29, 2002 Past Issues Pakistan's President Jul. 22, 2002 ----------------- Vegetarianism Jul. 15, 2002 ----------------- Understanding Anxiety Jul. 8, 2002 ----------------- Being Tom Cruise Jul. 1, 2002 ----------------- Asia's World Cup Jun. 24, 2002 ----------------- China's Labor Problems...