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Pope urges US and Cuba to push detente further – The Globe and Mail
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The Globe and MailPope urges US and Cuba to push detente furtherThe Globe and MailPope Francis told former Cold War foes Cuba and the United States on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening the recent rapprochement that he helped broker. His zucchetto skullcap flying off in the Caribbean breeze at the start of a nine …In Cuba, Pope delivers veiled critiqueCNNCubans Have Mixed Opinions on Effect of Visit by Pope FrancisNew York TimesThe Latest: Crowds leave after Pope enters Havana residenceWXIXThe Guardian -WKMG Orlandoall 5,143 news articles »
Bully for the white-collar crackdown
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In early 2005, Martha Stewart was sitting in a prison camp in West Virginia, serving out her five-month sentence for lying about the sale of a few thousand shares in a biotech company. At the same time bankers, analysts, traders and mortgage underwriters at some of America’s largest financial institutions were deep into a shell game that would nearly bankrupt the global economy three years later. Looking back, it’s an interesting juxtaposition, because as we know now, Stewart (and, for a little Canadian content, Conrad Black) would be among the last prominent American corporate executives to be sent to the slammer for financial crimes.
To jail or not to jail, or more precisely, to pursue criminal charges or to just leave white-collar cases up to civil courts—where the likely outcome is a fine and no admission of wrongdoing—was a question the U.S. government would face a lot in the wake of Wall Street’s implosion in 2008-09. With federal prosecution of white-collar crimes at a 30-year low, the answer has overwhelmingly been to take a pass…
In early 2005, Martha Stewart was sitting in a prison camp in West Virginia, serving out her five-month sentence for lying about the sale of a few thousand shares in a biotech company. At the same time bankers, analysts, traders and mortgage underwriters at some of America’s largest financial institutions were deep into a shell game that would nearly bankrupt the global economy three years later. Looking back, it’s an interesting juxtaposition, because as we know now, Stewart (and, for a little Canadian content, Conrad Black) would be among the last prominent American corporate executives to be sent to the slammer for financial crimes.
To jail or not to jail, or more precisely, to pursue criminal charges or to just leave white-collar cases up to civil courts—where the likely outcome is a fine and no admission of wrongdoing—was a question the U.S. government would face a lot in the wake of Wall Street’s implosion in 2008-09. With federal prosecution of white-collar crimes at a 30-year low, the answer has overwhelmingly been to take a pass…
Pope urges U.S. and Cuba to push detente further
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Pope Francis told the former Cold War foes on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening the recent rapprochement that he helped broker
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