Druckversion - Korruption: Milliardensch�den im Gesundheitssystem - Wirtschaft - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Druckversion - Korruption: Milliardensch�den im Gesundheitssystem - Wirtschaft - SPIEGEL ONLINE: "Berlin - 'Wir k�nnen davon ausgehen, dass drei bis zehn Prozent des Gesundheitsbudgets verloren gehen', sagte Transparency-International-Vorstand Anke Martiny am Freitag bei der Vorstellung eines Berichts �ber Korruption im Gesundheitswesen. Den Gesamtmarkt beziffert die Organisation auf 200 Milliarden Euro."

Notes / Domino decline 6%

We are continuing our product transition from Notes Domino, which declined 6 percent year-to-year, to our new workplace offering which exhibited strong growth both sequentially and year-to-year off a small base.

ENT News | News: IBM Buffs Workplace and WebSphere Portal

ENT News | News: IBM Buffs Workplace and WebSphere Portal: "IBM Workplace includes Lotus Workplace, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes and Domino, and WebSphere Everyplace, according to the company�s Web site."
As long as IBM keeps track of which of its places includes which other places customers don't need to get too confused ...

Zweifel am US-Wahlergebnis: Der Bezirk mit 139 Prozent Wahlbeteiligung - Politik - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Zweifel am US-Wahlergebnis: Der Bezirk mit 139 Prozent Wahlbeteiligung - Politik - SPIEGEL ONLINE: "Glaubt man Greg Palast, dann hat John Kerry die US-Pr�sidentschaftswahl gewonnen. 'Ich wei�, keiner will's mehr h�ren', seufzt der investigative Reporter, Dokumentarfilmer und Bestseller-Autor, der sich mit seinen Recherchen zum Florida-Wahlfiasko von 2000 einen Namen machte. Jetzt will er einem neuen Wahlbetrug auf die Spur gekommen sein: 'Kerry hat in den ausschlaggebenden Staaten Ohio und New Mexico die meisten Stimmen bekommen. Sie sind aber zu Tausenden nicht gez�hlt worden.'"

MSNBC - $14.6 billion Boston Big Dig project is leaking

MSNBC - $14.6 billion Boston Big Dig project is leaking: "BOSTON - The Big Dig highway project in downtown Boston is riddled with leaks dumping millions of gallons of water into the $14.6 billion tunnel system, according to an engineer hired to investigate the cause of a massive leak in September."
This somehow makes me feel better not living in the Boston area any more ...

Not-so-free-press

Paging China! Help us! Urge the U.S. government to respect freedom of the press!

It does sound topsy-turvy, doesn't it? Generally, it's China and Zimbabwe that are throwing journalists in prison, while the U.S. denounces the repression over there.

But now similar abuses are about to unfold within the United States, part of an alarming new pattern of assault on American freedom of the press. In the last few months, three different U.S. federal judges, each appointed by President Ronald Reagan, have found a total of eight journalists in contempt of court for refusing to reveal confidential sources, and the first of them may go to prison before the year is out. Some of the rest may be in prison by spring.

The first reporter likely to go to jail is Jim Taricani, a television reporter for the NBC station in Providence, R.I. Mr. Taricani obtained and broadcast, completely legally, a videotape of a city official as he accepted an envelope full of cash.

U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres found Mr. Taricani in contempt for refusing to identify the person he got the videotape from, and the judge fined him $1,000 a day. That hasn't broken Mr. Taricani, so Judge Torres has set a hearing for Nov. 18 to decide whether to squeeze him further by throwing him in jail.

Even thoush Ashcroft is leaving - the damage seems to have been done already.

Physical wall replaced by mental divide

MSNBC - Physical wall replaced by mental divide: "It all happened on Nov. 9. 1989, the culmination of years of protests and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of East Germans longing for more freedom, democracy and free elections.
On the 15th anniversary of that historic moment, the enthusiasm and euphoria has disappeared and the mood has sobered for most Germans. "