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Special relationship now a loaded dice.
We were pleased as punch to see an opinion piece in The Times
recently taking issue against the U.S. over its hypocritical prosecution of foreign Internet
gambling firms and executives while the its own industry continues to profit unabated.
'Remarkably,' the writer states, 'U.S. companies are developing equivalent businesses
in the UK and elsewhere in Europe on eqal terms with UK and European businesses.'
View a link to the piece here
and add your comments.
In other U.S. prosecutions of foreign nationals this week,
media magnate Conrad Black continued his losing streak on the fraud
case that put him behind bars in Florida. Lord Black lost his bid to appeal.
View highlights of the scathing judgment written by Richard Posner, J. for
the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court here.
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