Today’s Zaman 1: “Saakaashvili won around 52 percent of the vote, with most of the counting complete, double that of 43-year-old wine producer Levan Gachechiladze, whose poll hovered between 25 and 27 percent, the central election commission said. the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, backed the vote. 'I should like to congratulate the Georgian people on the peaceful conduct of a truly competitive presidential elections on Jan. 5,'… [read post]

  If particular loans are being shopped to other buyers, you have to say as much, or you’re out of compliance with GAAP, and are breaking the accounting rules. [read post]

Communication operator: Main screen, incoming visual.Captain: Y-you’re-! [read post]

Beshada’s refusal to consider the industrial context of asbestos claims, with the usual involvement of sophisticated employers charged with providing a complex safety program for its workers, became the judicial norm in many decisions in state and federal courts. [read post]