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Zinedine Zidane: after Messi and Ronaldo, Bale impresses me the most
Of all the praise that has been lavished on Gareth Bale perhaps none will make him blush quite like that delivered by the Frenchman who landed in a rain-drenched London on Friday afternoon dressed in a black jacket, black T-shirt and blue jeans. He looked like any other person but this was Zinedine Zidane, greatness...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
My Week: Google’s tax adviser*
Monday “Right,” I say to the three guys from Google. “This is what you need to understand. None of us...
thetimes.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Son of former George W. Bush adviser arrested in hatchet killing in Washington
The son of a former George W. Bush adviser was arrested Friday after he allegedly murdered another man with a hatchet. Claude Alexander Allen, 20, reportedly butchered 25-year-old Michael Phillip Harvey in an attack in the garage of Allen's parents' home in the Washington suburb of Gaithersburg, Md., the Washington...
nydailynews.com (4 hours ago)
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush is charged in Maryland with killing a man with a hatchet. Montgomery County police on Friday arrested 20-year-old Claude Alexander Allen III. The killing occurred at a Gaithersburg home that property records show is owned by Allen's father,...
bostonherald.com (8 hours ago)
Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place: adviser
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on Friday.
reuters.com (9 hours ago)
Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place: adviser
By Tomasz Janowski LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on Friday. Most...
yahoo.com (9 hours ago)
Financial adviser starts charity effort
Jim Claywell of Godfrey and The Giving Glass Project are trying to effect social change by collecting small amounts of pocket change.
thetelegraph.com (13 hours ago)
U.S. Drone Guidelines Could Reduce 'Signature Strikes'
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at suspicious groups rather than individuals. But the drone guidelines...
huffingtonpost.com (13 hours ago)
Obama picks Stein and Piwowar for SEC
President Obama late Thursday nominated two top Senate staffers to fill vacancies expected later this year on the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kara M. Stein, a legal counsel and senior policy adviser to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), would fill a Democratic slot left open by commissioner Elisse B. Walter. Walter...
washingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
Obama nominates former campaign aide to head OPM
President Obama has nominated Katherine Archuleta, a top official in his 2012 campaign, to head the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta, the second Hispanic nominee for a political appointment during Obama’s second term, served as national political director on his reelection team and helped organize the...
washingtonpost.com (23 hours ago)
ISS employee leaked proxy votes for concert tickets
The $300,000 penalty is the first SEC enforcement action against a proxy adviser
efinancialnews.com (1 day ago)
Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert tickets. The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday that ISS, a...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Gov. Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track
Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals.
shreveporttimes.com (1 day ago)
Adviser jailed in Kismet Trading case
Ex-Bell Potter adviser gets jail time for siphoning off client money.
businessspectator.com.au (1 day ago)
More Than 100 Conservative Economists Say Immigration Reform Will Help Economy
Immigration reform is good for the economy, says pretty much everyone. More than 100 conservative economists signed a letter from the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank, arguing that immigration reform is good for the economy. The letter, which included signatures from former Bush adviser Glenn...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist
David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change.
independent.co.uk (1 day ago)
West Point video allegations add to Pentagon plague of sexual misconduct cases
An Army sergeant who served as a staff adviser for cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point has been accused of secretly videotaping female students as they showered, the latest in a string of sexual-assault or harassment cases plaguing the Department of Defense.
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine
A well-known firm that advises big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to protect clients' confidential voting information.
miamiherald.com (1 day ago)
Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A well-known firm that advises big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to protect clients' confidential voting information....
ap.org (1 day ago)
Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine
WASHINGTON (AP) - A well-known firm that advises big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to protect clients' confidential voting information.
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Sacto 911: Drug czar report shows most Sacramento inmates test positive for drugs
The nation's drug czar on Thursday released study results showing that 78 percent of adult males arrested in Sacramento County tested positive for at least one illegal drug. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and President Obama's top drug policy adviser.
sacbee.com (1 day ago)
David Plouffe dismisses 'blowhards like Lanny Davis'
In defending White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler's handling of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, longtime Obama adviser David Plouffe dismissed those who criticized her for leaving the president in the dark. From Philip Rucker and Juliet Eilperin:
washingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
No need to panic on rupee front: Raghuram Rajan
Even as rupee fell below 56-level against dollar on Thursday, a top adviser to finance ministry said there was no need to panic, and RBI takes decisions on whether to intervene in forex markets or not to stabilise the local currency.
indiatimes.com (1 day ago)
Lib Dem opposition to communications data bill 'putting country at risk'
Political pressure is mounting to revive the communications data bill in the wake of the Woolwich attack, with Labour peers Lord West and Lord Reid leading calls for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats to drop their opposition to the legislation. West said Clegg was putting the country at risk. Clegg hailed a major...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Ted Cruz's Path From George W. Bush Adviser to Immigration Reform Opponent
In 2000, Ted Cruz was known only as a Texas-raised, Harvard-trained domestic policy adviser to the George W. Bush campaign. Bush was a two-term governor from a border state who was determined to fix what he saw as a broken, inhumane immigration system.
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Fund adviser jailed for fraud
A FORMER Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced to five years' jail for frauds that cost his clients more than $1.6m.
news.com.au (1 day ago)
Walmart Replaces Ex-Clinton Adviser With Ex-Bush Adviser
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs. Bartlett has also served as a senior counselor to President George W. Bush. The 41-year-old...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
Wal-Mart Hires a New Chief Image Maker
Dan Bartlett, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, will succeed Leslie Dach, a former Clinton White House staffer, as executive vice president of corporate affairs.
nytimes.com (2 days ago)
Letters: Paying tax is absolutely a moral issue
CBI president Sir Roger Carr's claim that there can be no moral basis to concerns about tax avoidance is a grave misjudgment (Never mind morals, tax is all about the rules, 21 May). A great many ordinary people see payment – or rather non-payment – of tax as fundamentally a moral question. Perhaps it might be talked...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents
WASHINGTON - A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter. The documents include two warrants for the email accounts of Stephen Kim, a State Department adviser who faces charges of leaking secret information...
bostonherald.com (2 days ago)
