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The major players in international nuclear power plant construction now have a surprising new competitor with which to contend. The U.S., France, Japan, and Russia are welcoming South Korea to the atomic table, thanks to the nation’s recent winning bid to build four new nuclear plants in the Middle East. It’s a first for South Korea and the largest single ... READ MORE

In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs' attorneys for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today we talk to Joel A. Kaplan of Kaplan and Freedman, P.A. in Miami, who, with Coral Springs, Fla. Attorney Scott N. Gelfand, has filed suit against Florida Power & Light Co. (FP&L) after a power outage ... READ MORE

The Justice Department's latest anti-corruption efforts aimed at business executives who bribe foreign officials make it clear that the DOJ is deadly serious about taking Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations to a new and unprecedented level. In fact, the government is now using undercover agents specifically to strike fear into the hearts of those contemplating an illegal payment and is making ... READ MORE

News reports are indicating that some Chinese manufacturers prohibited from producing children’s toys with unhealthy levels of lead have turned to an even more dangerous heavy metal as the base for the toys and costume jewelry they export. Cadmium, a cheap, easy to use, naturally-occurring metal that is known to hinder proper brain development in children, is now showing up in ... READ MORE

The top six social media tips to know before you leave the office. Revolutions in social media continue to stir evolutions in corporate customer engagement. As with any change in business processes, there are those who become champions of the newest strategies and tactics while others suffer missteps trying to adjust to new paradigms. One of the first questions from anyone hesitant ... READ MORE

A recent article in the New York Times makes the interesting point that Fox News makes more money than all its competitors combined. As if we needed further proof that this is no longer your parents’ media landscape, the commercial success of Fox demonstrates that the television news audience now gets most of what we used to understand as “hard ... READ MORE