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...Securities and Exchange Commission, investment banker William Donaldson will be asked to handle the tax cut question for the investment community, and given his past experience - he was the chair of the New York Stock Exchange in the early 1990s - he should have no trouble doing so. President Bush hopes that the Wall Street insider will provide corporate chiefs and investors alike with a much-needed boost of confidence. He takes over for departing head Harvey Pitt, who left last month amid a flurry of blame over bad press and lukewarm economic news...
...identity as a Latino quickly comes into play as the film draws a very defined line between the Hispanic Bronx and White Manhattan. Although the film portrays the Bronx as indelibly linked to the illegal drug trade that takes place there, Manhattan, as represented by investment banker Jack Whimmer (Peter Sarsgaard), comes off as being more corrupt and far more superficial than its ethnically diverse neighbor...
...love of his life, Aaron Buerge was sticking his tongue into the mouths of half a dozen other women. In real life, this would make him a cad. But it wasn't real life--it was reality TV. The titular hero of ABC's The Bachelor, Buerge, 28, a banker from Springfield, Mo., was the potential trophy husband for the 25 women who signed up to compete for an engagement ring. Each week he gamely narrowed the field, risking chapped lips and a sprained tongue as he squired the women to various restaurants and hot tubs. He finally settled...
...from his family?although his late father was a member of India's Parliament, he was no tycoon. After Mittal parlayed the business into one large enough to be creditworthy, he made sure to carry a table tennis paddle in his pocket whenever he visited his local banker. The manager loved to play, so Mittal, who was on his college team, would offer up a game; in return, Mittal got help with credit for suppliers...
...took full advantage. Preying on financially-strapped companies, he acquired control of operators in the huge southern Indian city of Madras and two other rich southern states. In one case, Mittal bought out a rival over a weekend. One Friday night in 2001, Bharti was contacted by an investment banker representing Spice, a cellular carrier with a franchise in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state, and asked if they were interested in a deal. At the time, Bharti was considering an independent bid for a license to serve the area. The deadline was the following Monday. The two sides...