| Fri 30 Jul 2010 |
Perry's Texas gubernatorial rival White endorsed by former Hutchison supporters
Lexington Herald-Leader | By Dave Montgomery | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | AUSTIN - More than a dozen prominent Dallas business and civic leaders, including several who supported Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor, have signed a letter backing De... |
Perry's Texas gubernatorial rival White endorsed by former Hutchison supporters
The Miami Herald | AUSTIN — More than a dozen prominent Dallas business and civic leaders, including several who supported Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor, have signed a letter backing Democrat Bill White in his effort to unseat Repu... |
Li Ka-shing to bring his business drive to Britain
The Guardian By Sui-Lee Wee HONG KONG, July 30 (Reuters) - His name is synonymous with the hard-driving business style in his adopted city of Hong Kong, and now Li Ka-shing will also become a force in Britain after offering to buy one of the nation's top power gr... |
S.E.C. Charges Brothers With $550 Million Fraud
Herald Tribune | WASHINGTON — Samuel and Charles Wyly, the billionaire brothers from Dallas who are large donors to philanthropies and to conservative causes, were charged Thursday with conducting an extensive securities fraud that the Securities and Exchang... |
Hot topic - MAC and Rodarte now donating all profits to the women of Juarez
The Examiner | A look from Rodarte's SS09 collection. (Credit Image: © PPS Worldwide/ZUMA Press) | Just earlier this month, MAC and avant garde label Rodarte were under rapid fire from the online beauty community when the names for the new collaboration between ... |
Hong Kong Tycoon Buys EDF's UK Arm
Orange News | A consortium of companies led by Asian's richest businessman has won a bid to buy the UK arm of the French electricity provider EDF for £5.8bn. | Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing beat off rival bids from Scottish and Southern Energy as he aims to ... |
Rich I.P.O. Brings Controversy to SKS Microfinance
Herald Tribune | An Indian company with rich American backers is about to raise up to $350 million in a stock offering closely watched by philanthropists around the world, showing that big profits can be made from small helping-hand loans to poor cowherds and baske... |
The billionaire vs. the ex
Canoe By , QMI Agency | Robert G. Miller, the reclusive billionaire: Robert G. Miller founded his privately held Future Electronics in 1968 and has since built the company into the world's third-largest electronics parts and spare parts distributor. | Futu... |
Disney agrees to sell Miramax Films to investor group led by Ron Tutor
KDVR After months of negotiations with various buyers that failed to bear fruit, Walt Disney Co. finally reached a deal to sell its Miramax Films unit in a deal that severs the independent movie pioneer's 17-year association with the Burbank studio. | Dis... |
Reform
Tulsa World Once again, Oklahoma finished out of the money in the federal Race to the Top competition for billions of dollars in education funding. | As part of the competition, Republicans and Democrats in state government had joined forces to put together what... |
Parker: Former foundation chief looking at wide-openfuture
Denver Post | For the first time in his professional career, local notable Tom Downey doesn't know what fork in the road he's going to take. | On Friday, Downey will step down as the head of the Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation, a philanthropic organiza... |
Annette John-Hall: In death, Eddie Lewis still inspires
Philadelphia Daily News | By Annette John-Hall | Inquirer Columnist God knows it couldn't have been easy. | But time and time again, Eddie Lewis bounced back from myriad health problems resulting from years of abuse at the hands of adults who were supposed to protect him - ... |
SAXE, George
San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | George B. Saxe February 28, 1921 - July 28, 2010 Died peacefully in Palo Alto, California in the arms of his devoted wife of 62 years. Born in Mount Union, PA, George was a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and Cornell University. After serving... |
Nuns tap their future to right the past
The Boston Globe | A small group of Worcester nuns has decided to empty its retirement savings accounts to pay contractors for a $3 million school renovation project, after the nuns were allegedly tricked by a professional fund-raiser into believing an anonymous dono... |
Yacht could expand couple's earnings from luxury charters
The Boston Globe | If Senator John F. Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry charter out their $7 million yacht, as planned, it will not be the first time they have made a small business of their luxury transportation. | Heinz's Gulfstream V private jet is held by a business c... |
Obituary: Daniel Graham Hudak / Archivist, writer, sports journalist, storyteller, father of 3
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Julie Rydstrom Hudak was facing a dilemma. She wanted so badly for her three young children to see their father, who was bed-ridden and dying of melanoma, one last time. But he looked so different, so sick. He had grown a beard, and he couldn't spe... |
In Details of Subcommittee's Inquiry, a Revealing Look at Rangel's Actions
The New York Times | After a 21-month inquiry, an investigative subcommittee of the House ethics committee found reason to believe that Representative Charles B. Rangel violated numerous House rules, including the requirement that members act at all times in a way that... |
Jonathan Endorses Raising N20bn for Jos, Haiti Victims
This Day President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday endorsed the drive by the Red Cross Society to raise a whopping N20 billion relief package for victims of the recent crises in Jos and the earthquake that ravaged Haiti. | Jonathan said the Federal Government wou... |
Kerry says he always intended to pay tax
The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON - Senator John F. Kerry yesterday acknowledged for the first time that he mishandled the political fallout from questions about taxes on his new $7 million yacht berthed in Rhode Island, but insisted that he always intended to make the $... |
Wyly Brothers Face SEC Fraud Charges
Wall Street Journal By KARA SCANNELL | Charles Wyly Jr. | Billionaire brothers Sam Wyly and Charles Wyly hid $550 million in trading profits by using an "elaborate sham system" of offshore entities, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Thursday. | The civil su... |
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