Off the hook.
IN A BID to obtain from Iraq the names of the companies and individuals that supplied the most critical items for its non- conventional weaponry programmes, the United Nations has reached an agreement with Baghdad which protects the suppliers from publicity and will hinder possible prosecutions for sanctions-busting. The...

Rafsanjani feels friendless.
This year will be a tough one for President Rafsanjani. The Islamic radicals scent the chance of a conservative merchant class is all too aware of the threat posed to their position by his reform pla writes from Tehran that Rafsanjani faces a tough task in implementing his policies...

The windfall of an oversight: a rule to ensure that life insurers have enough reserves is turning out to be a boon for captive insurance vehicles.
Summary * A rule to ensure that life insurers have enough reserves is turning out to be a boon for captive insurance vehicles. * South Carolina, with more than 20 Triple X transactions since 2003, leads the nation. * Other states are revamping...

Pacific Ethanol Secures $325 Million in Credit.
ENERGY RESOURCE-11 January 2007-Pacific Ethanol Secures $325 Million in Credit(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Pacific Ethanol Inc. has signed a commitment letter providing for up to $325 million of senior secured credit, which it will use for continued development of ethanol plants in California and Oregon. ...

Bonding a "must" for government sweeping.
City and state agencies generally require that you provide them with some sort of financial guarantee that you will perform the work as specified in the bid. Typically this involves "bonding," though occasionally other approaches can be used as well. There are two kinds of bonds to...

Cartas de credito stand-by y garantias de casa matriz.
Resumen Aparece por primera vez en el derecho anglosajón, lo cual ha sido un problema para poder darle un nombre acertado en el lenguaje castellano, y fue ideada con el fin de dejar los créditos en suspenso hasta que se cumplieran ciertas condiciones, las cuales originarían el...

Osteotech settles patent dispute with Medtronic associates.
Osteotech Inc recently settled its patent lawsuit with various parts of Medtronic Inc. The company is also selling its PolyActive patents to IsoTis BV in The Netherlands for US$1 million. The Medtronic associates are Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc, Sofamor Danek LP, Sofamor Danek Holdings Inc, SDGI Holdings...

Lending a hand: big banks fund arms deals.
EARLY last year the Co-operative Bank launched an advertising campaign targeted at the arms trade. The advert pictured a Valmara 69 mine and stated: `Between 1981 and 1990 certain banks used hundreds of millions of pounds of their customers' money to finance the supply of arms to both Iran...

When the banks went off the rails: a war memoir from the eighties.
A new administration is in place and one of its nagging problems will be the condition of our banking system. Although current banking news tends to the upbeat, we are still living with the consequences of a major debacle. How could there have been such massive failures of both...

The archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the local institutions in Batavia (Jakarta).
9789004163652 The archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the local institutions in Batavia (Jakarta). Balk, G. L. et al. BRILL 2007 571 pages $164.00 Hardcover DS632 It created...