23-04-08 On international TV channels, the Tibetans and the Palestinians are demonstrating against their respective occupiers and oppressors, China and Israel. Both peoples are fighting for their freedom, but what else do the two conflicts have in common? China is one of the largest countries in the world, Israel still one of the smallest. Gaza, […]
Serbia: President Tadic Gets Re-Elected
By Veronica Khokhlova Below is a selection of Anglophone bloggers’ views on the outcome of Serbia’s presidential election. Eric Gordy of East Ethnia began his analytical piece for OpenDemocracy.net with this summary: The inconclusive result in in the first round of Serbia’s presidential election on 20 January 2008 led to a second round on Sunday […]
Can a Trader alone commit the Fraud in the French Bank?
There has been a growing concern and skepticism from all quarters, viz, political leaders, the shareholders and customers in France on the explanation of Socite Generale the French banking giant that whether a single trader was alone responsible for creating such a whopping loss of U.S.$7.14 BILLION which is one of the largest financial […]
There’s Wrong, and Very Wrong
The world outside the City is having to learn a new vocabulary to keep up with events in the financial markets. Last year’s buzzword was sub-prime, now SocGen’s rogue trader has introduced us to equity derivatives. Jérôme Kerviel lost €4.9bn (£3.7bn) by dealing in them, and outsiders may ask two questions. How can a single […]
A Tangled Web of Jurisdiction and Partisan Politics
Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522. February 27, 2007. When the Dobbs Ferry Party (“DFP”) learned on Friday afternoon that the referendum to move the election date had been nullified, they should not have been surprised. The ruling by Westchester County Commissioner LaFayette that an impetuous Village Clerk had grossly overstepped her jurisdiction by filing and […]
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