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By Chow Wei Cheng The Wallis Inquiry recommendations, released on April 9, head back towards the days of 19th century unfettered capitalism. While Wallis recognises that bank profitability is already in the "middle to upper range", the thrust of
Reprinted here is an abridged version of Pam Corkery's February 20 maiden speech to the New Zealand parliament. Corkery left her 19-year career in broadcasting to stand for the Alliance in the October general election. Her media career — in both
Why would you need more than one? "There is a limit to how many blank cheques you can ask for." — James Sensenbrenner, chair of the US House of Representatives' science committee, worried about cost overruns on the US$30 billion international
New US nukes targeted at Third World By David Muller The US government is stepping up the technological and nuclear arms race against the Third World. In early April, six radar-evading B-2 "Stealth" bombers were officially commissioned into
A grand sweep of history and class conflict World's Endby T. Coraghessan BoyleBloomsbury, 1996. 456 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon If the obsessively introspective focus of most novels these days either puts you to sleep or has you