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...bonus for the work, in addition to his $350,000 salary, company-financed apartment and limitless travel budget. In Singapore he developed a following. Says one trader: "When all the charts said sell, he would push the market even higher and the locals would go with him." His immediate boss in Singapore was so enamored of Leeson's success that the young man operated virtually without supervision-even though other traders were warning SIMEX authorities that Leeson was a "gunslinger" who should be watched carefully. Singapore traders came to feel that Leeson considered himself invincible. As a currency trader...
...badge, which has a bullet hole through itand the word "BOSS" written across it, had beengiven to him by another dean when McArthur startedhis...
...also represents something of a palace coup. The Gang's return is the latest and by far the strongest indication that the star of Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes is eclipsing that of his nominal boss, Leon Panetta. One of Panetta's first acts last summer was to all but roust the consultants from the West Wing. He barred them from appearing on TV or in the Oval Office without his permission, and he conducted a none-too-private search for people to replace them. But Ickes had different ideas. In recent weeks he and his protege, newly appointed...
Back with the Boss for an E Street Block Party...
...both an opportunity and a problem for us,'' says Jorge Bustamente, president of Tijuana's Colegio de la Frontera Norte and a professor at Indiana's University of Notre Dame. ``We make money from our proximity, but the power is asymmetrical. The U.S. is boss. It calls the shots, and it wants us on our knees before it will deal with us.'' Adds former Foreign Minister Fernando Solana: ``I congratulate Clinton for being clever. He is helping U.S. investors who made a fortune on Mexico's high- interest rates, but now do not want to assume that risk...