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Hiding in Iran, Raising Suspicions in Europe - New York Times
The Iranian authorities “are basically sending the message, we could let them travel back to Europe and they might commit attacks or to Afghanistan, where they fight against NATO,” said a French intelligence official who asked not to be named. ...
With Romney Under Attack, Private Equity Fights Back - New York Times
In the coming weeks, the group, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, will roll out an image campaign, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plans who requested anonymity because they were unauthorized to discuss them publicly. ...
US Inquiry of MF Global Gains Speed - New York Times
Some authorities are now examining whether MF Global used money from futures customers to pay securities customers who were closing accounts as the firm began to collapse, according to a person briefed on the matter. Federal authorities also suspect ...
Brocade Shares Jump Amid Progress on Potential Sale - New York Times
These people spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were in an early stage and might not lead to a transaction. Brocade has been working with Qatalyst Partners, the boutique investment bank run by Frank P. Quattrone, for the past several ...
Indian Airlines Suffer From Safety Issues, Regulator Says - New York Times
The report was given to The New York Times on Monday by an airline executive, who asked to remain anonymous because the report was not public and he feared repercussions. The report noted that the regulatory agency, the Directorate General of Civil ...
3 Buyers Vie for RBS Aircraft Leasing Unit - New York Times
RBS, based in Edinburgh, has hired the advisory investment bank Lazard to find a new owner for its struggling equities business, according to a person briefed on the matter. Royal Bank of Scotland plans to eliminate 2000 jobs from its global banking ...
Karzai's Ultimatum Complicates US Exit Strategy - New York Times
“It doesn't make it easy to keep talking when you're getting ultimatums,” said an American official who did not want to be identified for fear of straining already delicate relations. “This isn'ta side issue or something that we can just let go and see ...
Oscar Rule Will Cull Nonfiction Contenders - New York Times
“This is not what we're about,” said this filmmaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity to keep from offending peers within the Academy. By policy The New York Times reviews every film released on a commercial screen for a week in New York or Los ...
Lull in Strikes by US Drones Aids Militants - New York Times
Several administration officials said Saturday that any lull in drone strikes did not signal a weakening of the country's counterterrorism efforts, suggesting that strikes could resume soon. “Without commenting on specific counterterrorism operations, ...
Watching Elephants Fly - New York Times
My favorite election story was told to me by an international observer, who asked not to be identified. His voting station had just closed and as the polling workers were loading up the box filled with votes onto a bus to be taken to a central counting ...
The Critics Rave ... for Microsoft? - New York Times
... to introduce a sleek metallic Windows Phone called the Lumia 900 that will be sold by AT&T in the United States, according to two people with knowledge of its plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the product has not yet been announced. ...
Agents' Union Delays Training on New Policy on Deportation - New York Times
The policy is President Obama's most ambitious immigration initiative before the November elections, senior administration officials said. But in a new sign of the deep dissension over immigration, the union representing some 7000 deportation officers ...
Latest Hacking Scandal Arrest Suggests Focus on Cover-Up - New York Times
Former News of the World employees who spoke on condition of anonymity said Ms. Carter had worked as a personal assistant to Ms. Brooks for 19 years, starting when Ms. Brooks was deputy editor of The Sun, another Murdoch-owned tabloid in London, ...
Ready or Not, Huntsman Faces His Moment in New Hampshire - New York Times
“If he doesn't prevail, it's going to be for lack of resources,” said a close supporter, who would speak about Mr. Huntsman's financial situation only on condition of anonymity. “And this is from one of the great wealthy families of America. ...
Lax Security, Stacks of Cash: Robbers' Easy Pickings - New York Times
He and other clerks spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of their safety or jobs. Many work alone. “Stores like this need two people,” the clerk said. “They should care about their employees a little more. My friend got robbed in another store. ...
LSU Cornerback Is Overshadowed, but Not Overlooked - New York Times
One NFL team's director of college scouting, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly about prospects, said that Claiborne was a better pure cornerback prospect than Peterson. “He doesn't have the dynamic ability to ...
Bomb Attack Kills Dozens of People in Syrian Capital - New York Times
“Today's blast in Damascus is yet another indicator that this regime is losing control of parts of the country,” an Obama administration official said on the condition of anonymity. “Even its security forces are thugs who at times appear to be ...
Easier Route to Green Card to Be Proposed for Some - New York Times
But agency officials, speaking on condition of anonymity on Thursday before the proposal was formally announced, stressed that this was only the beginning of a long regulatory process that they hoped to complete by issuing a new rule before the end of ...
Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported - New York Times
... according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, up from 6 at the end of 2005. In view of the state laws, Obama administration officials said they were not proposing new federal requirements for the public reporting of adverse events.
Private Equity Firm Sees a Future in Flatware - New York Times
The company now turns a small annual profit of around $15 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to several people with knowledge of the company's finances who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the numbers ...
European Banks Prepare More Job Cuts - New York Times
The Royal Bank of Scotland has hired the advisory investment bank Lazard to find a new owner for its struggling equities business, according to a person familiar with the matter. The news comes as RBS, in which the British government holds an 83 ...
In New Strategy, Panetta Plans Even Smaller Army - New York Times
Mr. Obama has never before briefed reporters at the Pentagon, and administration officials said they did not know of any president who had. Mr. Obama's presence is an election-year effort to place the president squarely behind a new military strategy ...
In a Shift, the President of Yemen Will Stay Put - New York Times
“There was no problem with the Americans,” said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the president's personal deliberations. “He has never been railroaded in his life. ...
Supporters Trying to Show Paul's Iowa Strategy Will Move His Message - New York Times
One Republican strategist in Florida not affiliated with any presidential campaign, and who insisted on anonymity, said Mr. Paul did not seem as well positioned, partly because of the structure of the primary. “The Tea Party in Florida has more of a ...
Overtures to Egypt's Islamists Reverse Longtime US Policy - New York Times
It would be “totally impractical” not to engage with the Brotherhood “because of US security and regional interests in Egypt,” a senior administration official involved in shaping the new policy said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss ...