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/ 13 January 2003
We are the masters now, is the message coming loud and clear from the Republicans — not just in foreign policy but also when it comes to domestic politics.
For a man who has provoked a collective temper tantrum at the highest levels of the IMF, Joseph Stiglitz is looking remarkably relaxed. The Nobel laureate has just launched a stinging attack on the organisation and its handling of the crises that have swept through the world financial system.
WorldCom on Thursday moved closer to bankruptcy as United States regulators formally charged the telecoms giant with fraudulently inflating its profits through improper accounting.
What a week it has been for Telkom. On Wednesday, a day after its exclusivity deal from the government expired, it was taken to the Competition Commission for discriminatory pricing.