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• Ethics investigation finds Palin abused power
The inquiry looked into her dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, who said he lost his job because he resisted pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce and custody battle with the governor's sister. Palin says ...
• NYC restaurants slammed by financial crisis
Restaurants tend to run on tight profit margins — an average of about 4 percent before taxes, Riehle said. “When that margin is under pressure, there is less room for error,” Riehle said. Food writer and blogger Andrea Strong said she thinks the ...
• America’s most reliable airlines
Power satisfaction surveys. Long-term reliability While the budget carriers currently have a "reliability" edge over their competition, the industry is transforming swiftly under the pressure of oil prices, and long-term reputations hinge on how ...
• A wide and varied career
Vojislav Kostunica — who led Serbia's government as prime minister during the Kosovo talks — saw the award as political and a sign of further pressure on Serbia to give up Kosovo. "Serbia must fight for Kosovo even more firmly and strongly," he ...
• After scandal, China tightens dairy regulations
It is not clear if courts will allow these suits to progress as product liability lawsuits are still relatively rare in China, and lawyers have complained of government pressure to withdraw from the cases. Fooling quality control tests Chinese ...