Dominant CEOs may lead staff to commit fraud, warns Buffett
Independent - 41 minutes ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Warren Buffett, America's best-known investor, has issued a damning critique of companies run by dominant chief executives who bully employees into producing smooth earnings

Laura Bush Steals the Show at Correspondents Dinner
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - 17 minutes ago By Leslie Hoffecker, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON -- It isn't often that the president of the United States gets upstaged. After all, being the leader of the free world is about as powerful as it gets. But

Sharon: Israel, Turkey to Set Up Hot Line
ABC News - 31 minutes ago Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks behind Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting at his Jerusalem residence Sunday May 1, 2005. Israel and Turkey are to set up a hot line for

Australia sends emergency team to Iraq after reported kidnapping
Radio Australia - 19 minutes ago Video footage of 63-year-old Australian, Douglas Wood, who has reportedly been kidnapped by Iraqi militants. [Reuters]. Australia is rushing an emergency response team to Iraq to seek the release of an Australian man taken hostage by insurgents.

Five held over Hassan murder
Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago By Oliver Poole. Five suspected members of the terrorist group that murdered Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker kidnapped in Iraq last year, were captured yesterday. American and Iraqi troops raided a

Morgan Stanley board supports Purcell
Financial Times - 14 minutes ago By David Wells and James Politi in New York. Morgan Stanley's board on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Phil Purcell, its embattled chairman and chief executive, but agreed to make governance changes to

North Korea tests missile on eve of treaty talks
ABC Online - 52 minutes ago North Korea is understood to have test-fired a short range missile about 100 kilometres into the Sea of Japan. Reports in the Japanese media say the missile was fired early on Sunday morning. The North Korean

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 1 hour ago She was suppose to be on her honeymoon. However Jennifer Wilbanks' life is no vacation. The Duluth resident is back home with her family after being missing for four days. She was missing since Tuesday when

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 2 hours ago By MONA EL-NAGGAR. CAIRO, May 1 - Egyptian authorities swept through villages on the outskirts of Cairo on Sunday, detaining more than 200 people after attacks on Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead.

Battling On Benefits
TIME - 4 hours ago George Bush is trying to call the bluff of Democrats, who have been so unified in their opposition to his plan to revamp Social Security. After months of ducking specifics about the hard benefits cuts that