Word: binning
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TRANSFERRED Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, will be transferred to Yemen to serve the remainder of his 5 1/2--year sentence, despite arguments that he should not receive credit for the time he spent at Gitmo...
...brough against Wong. A year later, Gome announced that the investigation was completed, and its founder was never charged. His recent troubles make him the latest high-profile tycoon to run afoul of authorities. The ranks of recent years' rich lists read like a police blotter. In 2003 Yang Bin, an agribusiness and real estate tycoon once named the mainland's second-richest man, was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Gu Chujun, once head of a leading appliance company, was ranked China's 20th richest businessperson by Forbes in 2001. In January...
Michael Jackson avoided a much-anticipated appearance in London's High Court by reaching an out-of-court settlement with Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the prince of Bahrain, who was suing him for $7 million...
...What might Obama achieve as President? I suspect there'll be a rethink of America's role in the world. You can already see from his early comments that he's starting to focus quite clearly on Osama bin Laden and the position in Afghanistan, and he's clearly indicated that he wants to withdraw from Iraq, though how quickly that can occur remains to be seen. But I think you will see a period of consolidation...
...Even better, Kerzner and bin Sulayem think, would be to make piles of money together in times that are looking increasingly difficult for tourism. They plan to open other major resorts in Morocco, Zanzibar and South Africa in the coming year or so, although a deal with MGM Mirage to launch a major new casino project on the Las Vegas Strip is being put on hold at least until the credit squeeze eases up. "It's been quite challenging," Kerzner says. "We continue to do reasonable business but there's no question the marketplace has taken...