Category: S. 英語

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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
A dissident group of former Morgan Stanley executives stepped up their campaign to oust chief executive Philip Purcell by recommending that he be replaced by Robert Scott, a former president of the investment bank. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley announced it was spinning off its Discover credit-card unit, which Mr Purcell had helped create when at Sears Roebuck in the 1980s.

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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Observers from South Africa and other African nations declared a heavily rigged parliamentary election in Zimbabwe to have been free and fair. President Robert Mugabe, whose party now has the two-thirds majority necessary to change Zimbabwe’s constitution, said he might stuff parliament with more unelected members and stay in office until he is 100.

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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Japan’s prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, unveiled a plan to privatise Japan Post, the country’s postal system, by 2017. This includes giant savings and insurance units and by some estimates is the world’s largest financial institution. However, Mr Koizumi’s blueprint faces intense political opposition.

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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
A committee investigating the UN’s oil-for-food scandal cleared Kofi Annan, the organisation’s embattled secretary-general, of impropriety in the award of a multi-million dollar UN contract to Cotecna, a company
for which his son, Kojo, worked. But it castigates his son for lying about his role in the affair and leaves many questions unanswered.

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今回のお題（Economist誌より）：
Warren Buffett, boss of Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to meet regulators investigating a reinsurance contract between AIG, an insurance group, and General Re (a unit of Berkshire Hathaway), which is at the centre of probes into AIG’s financial and insurance practices. The legendary investor says he did not have detailed knowledge of the transaction. Meanwhile, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg stepped down as chairman of AIG, two weeks after leaving the post of CEO.

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