D-Day for the debt settlement deal for Ampal-American Israel Corporation is being put for another week (see story on page 12) after the Israel Securities Authority intervened in Monday's vote and said it wanted new information released. Given the results of the abortive vote, the settlment proposed by Ampal's controlling shareholder Yosef Maiman there is a good chance that it will go do down in defeat and have to be revised. There are larger settlements in the making, with higher defaults at stake, but Ampal is nevertheless shaping up as a test case: Will business barons continue doing as they please with the public's money, or will the public stand up for its rights? The answer is sure to...
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