Word: banker
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...been created with 100 co-chairs placed in every state. Some of Bush's oldest and biggest financial backers form a board of directors for the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation, chaired by former Bush Commerce Secretary and Texas oilman Donald L. Evans. Members include Los Angeles investment banker Brad Freeman; Dallas hotel developer and former Bush ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale; and Cincinnati-based businessman and Bush ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Mercer Reynolds...
...since Harry Truman. The historically fast pace of Bush's fundraising has been all the more remarkable for taking place during a period of economic contraction. "He's struck a very positive nerve among a lot of financial sources across the country," said J. French Hill, a Little Rock banker and major Bush campaign bundler who leads the fundraising effort in Arkansas...
...museum houses the art collection of wealthy Dutch banker Dirk Scheringa and his wife...
...things. “I will rap about the Iraq War from the point of view of a soldier who was wounded in it,” Beica wrote in an email. “We will be talking about the true nature of Harvard and its numerous investment-banker wannabes, and much more.” While Beica will tackle potentially touchy subjects, Shaket will mix some jokes into his freestyle performance in hopes of connecting on a more personal level with the crowd. “I’m mainly joking around on the mic and rapping...
...bankers and corporate executives don't understand the need to modify their behavior, Obama's financial plan could come crashing down. There is a minirebellion going on right now among executives, from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Chrysler, who don't want to take government loans because they won't be able to gorge on their usual bonuses. "The plan to buy up toxic assets is going to evolve very slowly, if at all," an investment banker told me. "The banks don't want to take the haircut, and the hedge-fund managers" - who would partner with the government...