2011年11月25日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


A 'bizarre' saga for British ex-CEO of Olympus (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PST

Former Olympus Chief Executive Michael Woodford speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. When Woodford took Olympus Corp.'s top job after three decades of toil for the Japanese camera maker, he knew the business inside out — or so he thought. Months later he compared himself to a character in a fictional thriller as his whistleblowing of massive corporate deception puts him at the center of investigations spanning three continents. 'I feel myself in this John Grisham novel,' the 51-year-old Briton said to a packed house at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - When Michael Woodford took Olympus Corp.'s top job after three decades of toil for the Japanese camera maker, he knew the business inside out — or so he thought.


Heathrow predicts massive gridlock in UK strike (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:17 AM PST

AP - A nationwide public-sector strike next Wednesday in Britain threatens to paralyze operations at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport.
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