Curbing corporate greed amid Enron and WorldCom scandals
The piece notes restatements by about 158 of nearly 17,000 U.S. public firms last year, argues most restatements reflect accounting shifts rather than fraud, and cites WorldCom’s huge losses and job losses. It urges stronger safeguards and harsher penalties for executives while defending well run corporations as key to the economy.
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Enron
WorldCom
U.S
Congress
America
July 30 in History Highlights and Notable Events
On this date in 1945 the USS Indianapolis was sunk after a Japanese torpedo attack with heavy loss of life. Other events include the 1729 founding of Baltimore, the 1792 Marseillaise premiere, the 1864 Petersburg mine attempt, the 1932 Los Angeles Games, the 1942 WAVES creation, the 1965 Medicare law, Hoffa's disappearance in 1975, and the 1975 Helsinki accords gathering.
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Associated Press
U.S.S. Indianapolis
Navy
Indianapolis
Charles Butler McVay
Baltimore
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Paris
New York
Petersburg
Los Angeles
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Detroit
Finland
Helsinki
Cadets Training At Ft Knox In Summer Program
Roswell cadets Edward P Snead III and Michael A Mainello are among 192 cadets in the summer contract program at Fort Knox Kentucky. The Roswell Police Department will receive a $3283 grant as part of about $44000 in grants awarded to five southern New Mexico law enforcement agencies.
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Edward P. Snead III
Michael A. Mainello
Roswell
Ft. Knox
New Mexico
Democrats denied Green Party major party aid claim
The 2002 Santa Fe meeting allegedly involved Democrats offering help to Green Party major party status if the Greens stayed out of the governor's race. Green co chair Xabi Wilson cites Bill Richardson and others, while Jamie Koch and Melissa McDonald dispute the account. The dispute centers on what was promised and who spoke, amid broader questions of party status rules.
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Santa FE
GOP
John Dendahl
Green Party
Greens
Xabi Wilson
Wilson
Bill Richardson
Jamie Koch
Democratic Party
Koch
Melissa McDonald
Richardson
Dave Contarino
Bill
David Bacon
Dendahl
McDonald
Bush faces renewed backlash over women's rights treaty
The beltway battle over the 1979 U N convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women heats up as Sen. Jesse Helms blocks progress and the Bush administration wavers citing vagueness and complexity. The treaty pushes nations to end discrimination in legal rights education employment health care politics and finance.
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Washington
Bush
Afghanistan
U.N. General Assembly
Carter
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Colin Powell
Justice Department
Missouri
United States
Can Democratic Palestine Meet Demands In the Israel Conflict
The piece questions if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can curb terrorism and win international legitimacy to form a West Bank state. It weighs internal Palestinian factions, external pressures from neighboring states, and the fate of Israel, arguing the path to a democratic Palestine remains uncertain and contested.
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Israel
Arafat
Hamas
Palestine
West Bank
Norman Podhoretz
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Camp David
Oslo
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