Is this not similar to the cases in the US, in which pharmacists who have moral (religious) objections to filling contraceptive and emergency contraceptive prescriptions have the right to refuse to fill them? It was decided that they could choose to not do their job, but instead have another pharmacist do it.
posted to MetaFilter by Houstonian at 7:39 AM on July 11, 2008

Hi. I didn't just see Enron employees in the tunnels, and I don't just know a few people who used to work there. I was an Enron employee until the day we were all laid off, working in the IT department that created the trading software and all the back-end things that made that happen (including the MTM software).

I didn't make a six-figure salary, drive a Porsche, or know what was going on until the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Houstonian at 7:12 PM on January 2, 2007

Timsteil, are you remembering the article by Daniel Lazare, "False Testament"?
posted to MetaFilter by Houstonian at 4:49 AM on December 8, 2006

The Exon-Florio provision was specifically addressing the CNOOC/Unocal (now Chevron) deal. The Committee on Foreign Investment monitors acquisitions of US companies by non-US entities. How would this have any effect on, say, a merger or takeover of Shell (a Dutch company) or BP (a British company) by Middle Eastern, Russian, or Chinese entities?
posted to MetaFilter by Houstonian at 1:47 PM on November 26, 2006

I would be interested in the comments from anyone who remembers this from the 1980s? Particularly if they lived in the area at that time. Do any of us live in Grand Junction, Colorado, who would like to share what it was like in the 80s, during the boom and then after the bust?
posted to MetaFilter by Houstonian at 7:43 AM on November 19, 2006