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...rights deal with ABC/ESPN, one in which it will actually get money for its games, instead of having to buy the time from the networks and hope to sell it. And earlier this year Red Bull, maker of the popular energy drink, bought the New York City franchise from Anschutz Entertainment Group for an investment that will top $100 million...
...Phil Anschutz, the billionaire founder and former chairman of Qwest Communications, could be the next corporate chieftain forced into the congressional spotlight on boardroom greed. Anschutz has thus far avoided a hearing by privately convincing investigators he had no role in his company's day-to-day operations--including deals in which the Denver telephone company allegedly booked phantom revenue. But Qwest's ex-CEO Joseph Nacchio, in little-noticed testimony last week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he had consulted Anschutz on all major decisions. Now committee staff members plan to question Anschutz again...
Howard Boggess, 64, a Crow historian, attended one of these parlays. Boggess, who is legally blind but can read and write with high-tech assistance, describes hearing a clash of many tongues. An Arapahoe elder offered a short prayer and invoked the valley's "sacredness." The Anschutz executives, as Boggess recalls, invoked their legal rights and complained about media coverage. The Indians too were worried about coverage because they feared revealing too much about their cherished valley. But when their letters to Denver and Washington went unanswered, they went public...
Delegates from the Blackfeet proposed a deal that would let Anschutz develop oil reserves on their impoverished Montana reservation in return for leaving the canyon untouched. The meeting ended with a polite exchange of business cards and some slight hope for a future compromise, but no conclusive agreement...
...designated as federal lease MTM-74615. It brings in just $1 an acre from the Anschutz Corp., which plans to drill for oil. But to the Comanche, Crow and Blackfeet it is revered as the Valley of the Chiefs...