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...trust-me CEO took another bullet last week, when American International Group (AIG) fessed up to improper bookkeeping in a deal with a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. AIG severed ties with its iconic former CEO Maurice (Hank) Greenberg. But it is Greenberg's link to the even more lionized Buffett that's causing the biggest stir...
...lift from Buffett's marquee leadership, yet investors must live with a lack of transparency in this area, having only the prognostications of outsiders to rely on. Reportedly on Buffett's short list of CEO candidates is Ajit Jain, who runs National Indemnity Co. and is the only Berkshire unit manager that Buffett speaks to frequently. Yet Jain has come under the regulatory microscope in Australia for direct involvement in a deal that looks a lot like the one between Gen Re and AIG. If he's Berkshire's future, investors should know. "Trust me" doesn't cut it anymore...
...really is quite ghoulish for anybody to seek to hold on to human remains," says Queensland Natural Resources cultural heritage unit director Paul Travers, who helped draft the law. "The legislation recognizes that Aboriginal people own their human remains. The approach of saying these remains have some scientific value is just outdated...
...unit allowed St. Lawrence forward Chelsea Grills to step into a slapshot from well inside the blue line. The shot deflected off senior Nicole Corriero and flew into the crossbar before diving down and teetering on the goal line...
...first power-play goal on the night came at 8:21 in the second, when Vaillancourt led a surgical man-advantage unit that sliced through the St. Lawrence defense and established a two-goal lead...