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...UNITED STATES Shell Suit The families of two Nigerian environmental activists last week won the right to sue the oil giant Shell in New York. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the company must face a suit that alleges it took land without paying proper compensation, polluted the environment and paid local police to suppress opposition. The suit also alleges that Shell companies fabricated evidence against activists Ken Saro-Wiwa and John Kpuinen, who were hanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...long disappearance and gradual, Pee-wee-free return has made him more palatable, and Reubens is eager to regain his manic pace. Two weeks ago, he taped an episode of Ally McBeal in which he tries to sue Sting for breaking up his marriage to Cheri Oteri, and last Tuesday he guested on the Tonight Show. He is going to be host of You Don't Know Jack, a game show for ABC. He talks about wanting to remake the Eddie Cantor movie Kid Millions and writing his autobiography. He's also still pushing the variety show-sitcom Meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bigger Than Pee-wee | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...Winners ELVIS PRESLEY He left the building?but not the bank. The King tops Forbes' list of the richest dead celebrities OLIVER STONE U.S. judge rejects suit blaming director's film for killings. Now sue him for Any Given Sunday BOB THE BUILDER Animated British construction worker takes U.S. TV by storm. Payback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...introduced special ?anti-thrombosis hose,? which it is marketing to long-haul flyers. And Club Direct, a British travel insurer, recently altered its standard insurance policy to include a special DVT provision?the firm says it will cover legal expenses of up to $36,000 to help a passenger sue an airline in the event of DVT-related death or injury. Some people can find a potential silver lining in any cloud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep Vein Thrombosis | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...slogging long distances with little reward; he or she may need to be an Olympic-level ego stroker. Because it grew so big so fast with so many of the same people in charge, Yahoo has become notorious for its insular us-and-them culture. Only one executive--Sue Decker, the CFO--has arrived from the outside and walked into a corner office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yahoo Lowers The Net | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

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