| In the world of business and finance, 2008 ranks as a year of superlatives - and not the good kind. Biggest government bailout of Wall Street. Biggest Ponzi scheme (the Madoff case). Now, the biggest US fine for bribery - $800 million levied against Germany's engineering giant, Siemens AG. But at least there's a silver lining to this one.And the UN responded with the 2003 Convention Against Corruption - the only global effort |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
