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Inconsistencies begin to appear and then grow worse. The phantasmagoric story behind the socalled supermarket to the world rocked decatur and much of the world, and it will certainly change the way you look at your grocery bill. Eichenwald, a new york times reporter at the time, followed the true story for years. The informant is mark whitacre, a senior executive with americas most powerful food giant, who put his career and his familys safety at risk to become a confidential government witness. Set squarely in the american heartland, delving into the inner sanctum of a global corporation, it explores the shifting boundaries of truth and deception, loyalty and betrayal. Mark edward whitacre born may 1, 1957 is an american business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the decatur, illinoisbased bioproducts division at archer daniels midland adm, he became the highestlevel corporate executive in u. I first heard about this true story on the radio, not as current news, but decades after the case was closed. Initially, it was all about a typical whitecollar pricefixing crime involving toplevel respectable and powerful company executives. A pageturning true story of international scandal and corruption at. Eichenwald has told it masterfully, with the narrative drive of a novel. Nov 04, 2004 meticulously researched and richly told by new york times senior writer kurt eichenwald, the informant recreates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings, stakeouts, and interviews with suspects and witnesses to the power struggles within adm and its boardincluding the highprofile chairman dwayne andreas, f.
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I guarantee itll keep you reading late into the night. The informant author kurt eichenwald discusses some of the situations in his book, which was released as a movie last week, during a book signing at waldenbooks in hickory point mall, forsyth. This story in itself promises a potent account of corporate espionage, but in the informant, thats not the half of itor even an eighth, for that matter. Kurt eichenwald continued to talk about his book the informant.
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