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The crown capital management international relations review eighteen GSK China staff held as whistleblower allegations emerge GlaxoSmithKline, the British drugs company that is the subject of a major criminal investigation in China, faced similar allegations from an internal whistleblower as early as January, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Details of the claims made at the start of the year emerged as Chinese police widened their inquiry into the company, putting 18 more GSK employees in detention, according to state media reports. An email from an anonymous whistleblower sent on January 16 to the entire GSK board, its auditors and several public relations staff, and copied to the Serious Fraud Office, appears to describe many of the same claims that are now being investigated by Chinese police. However, GSK has repeatedly said it only became aware of the specific problems identified by police two weeks ago. In the wake of the whistleblower email, GSK said it conducted a four-month internal investigation but "found no evidence of corruption or bribery". But the allegations listed in the email appear to be very similar to some of the wrong-doings now being alleged by Chinese investigators. http://the-crown-management.tumblr.com/ http://the-crown-management.blogspot.com/

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Lately, the stock market has weakened with commodities been getting crushed. Is the global economy slowing down hard? Maybe. Recent U.S. economic data especially in housing has been disappointing. And growth in China, a global growth engine, has slowed as it continues to crack down on corruption, property prices, and shadow banking.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/03/iraq-war?zid=309&ah=80dcf288b8561b012f603b9fd9577f0e ON MARCH 20th 2003 Britons woke to footage of fireballs over Baghdad. The first cruise missiles, launched from American ships in the Persian Gulf, had hit the city some five hours before. Tony Blair, the prime minister, addressed the nation: "The threat to Britain today is not that of my father's generation.

Can the New Argentine Pope Save the Catholic Crisis in Latin America http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139066/omar-encarnacion/the-catholic-crisis-in-latin-america March 26, 2013 | Posted in News | Comments Off When the conclave of Cardinals met in Rome this month to elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor, few predicted that Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina would emerge victorious.

Political and security issues in the region challenge AMS or ASEAN member states, along with arms race, corruption, the development gap and the impact of it, ethnic clashes and intolerance, human trafficking, human rights abuses, an illicit drug trade, migration, money laundering, social injustice, terrorism, territorial maritime disputes, and other forms of transnational crimes.

Jakarta is poised to become a "new Manhattan" according to an ambitious city plan described by Tomy Winata, founder of Artha Graha Group founder, during to an interview with cable TV broadcaster CNBC aired last weekend.

Concerned about possible escalation of long-seething tensions over certain isles in South China Sea, Southeast Asian officials meeting in Brunei this week are planning to press China to agree to begin talks to draft a new pact aimed at preventing a major military confrontation in one of the busiest waterways in the globe.

Diplomacy in economy is usually thought of as something only related to policy-making and representation of the home- government's trade interests, which leads to crucial qualifications of exceptional business skills, flexibility and sensible judgment on the side of the diplomats.

As China remains blanketed by an ever-thickening haze, we in the United States can be grateful of one thing: The air is getting cleaner in most parts. The American Lung Association reported in its State of the Air 2013 that 18 cities have lower dust pollution compared to previous years, while 16 had their lowest figures ever.

In a potentially crushing strike against advocates for renewable energy mandates, a federal court ruling recently raised the issue of constitutionality of major provisions of many states' renewable energy mandates. On June 7, 2013, U.S.