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...mounted. "Rick's group and the dealmakers were constantly in conflict," says a former finance executive. In the past couple of years, the risk-evaluation structures that had been put in place were compromised, the former executive asserts. Challenging Fastow's deals got Buy, who reported to Fastow, a ticket to corporate Siberia. Similarly, Fastow had the power to overwhelm potential whistle-blowers like Jordan Mintz, a former Enron attorney who told congressional panelists that he raised warnings about Fastow's potential conflicts of interest...
...days most people older than six months are the willing slaves of Britney Spears, and she moves units like nobody else. The show- stopping number in Britney's new movie is a singing contest in a karaoke bar, in fact, which may be why karaoke machines are a hot ticket at this year's Toy Fair...
...Yufuin you can get a taxi ride, buy a bottle of sake, eat lunch, book a train ticket and supplement your wardrobe using a self-generated scrip the townspeople call yufu. "The yen isn't very stable anyway, is it?" says Ryuji Urata, a 38-year-old liquor-store owner who came up with the scheme two years ago. "So instead of being subject to what the national government does, we have our own strong currency...
...Best Ticket: To anything at the Opéra de Lyon, one of the best opera houses in Europe. Next up: a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos, Feb. 22-March...
...Immediately after the incident, it was tempting to view Reid more as a lone nut than a cog in a terrorist machine. On Dec. 21, when he first tried to fly to Miami, he raised enough concerns-he paid for his ticket in cash and had no checked bags-that airport officials questioned him so long that he missed the flight. When he showed up the next day, his appearance-long-haired, disheveled, druggie-seemed almost calculated to draw attention. At the boarding gate, says Annie Joly, a Frenchwoman on the flight, "I was immediately struck by how bizarre...