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...Global Crossing clients in Japan, the ex-President was given shares in the company in lieu of an $80,000 fee. The Wall Street Journal reported in 1999 that the stock was worth about $14 million. At a recent White House reception, President George W. Bush spotted Global Crossing boss Gary Winnick in the crowd. Winnick has told friends that the President turned to the First Lady and said, "That's the guy who gave my father the stock." The elder Bush won't say whether or when he sold all or part of the stock, whose shares today...
...competing interests. There were separate law enforcement offices for the International Settlement and the French Concession and cooperation was strained at best. And in the Chinese section of the city?past the reach of the colonial powers?justice was summary execution at the will of the neighborhood triad boss. This lawlessness combined with the wealth pouring into Shanghai's bustling port encouraged young, ambitious men and women with flexible scruples to dream and scheme?sometimes to their own graves...
...media story, of course, the Pearl saga had the added hook - much like the anthrax letter to Tom Brokaw - of being about one of our own. Pearl's boss, Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger, pleaded with the group to at least restore Pearl to the role that led him to the Village restaurant the night of Jan. 22 - "View Danny as a messenger," Steiger wrote - and that is what shakes journalists most about the story. Hotspot reporters know the risks, but they're also used to thinking that what they do for a living, namely, tell their stories...
...people who sat across the negotiating table from Fastow as he pitched Enron's deals, and the people who worked with him, were never as impressed with him as they were with his boss and mentor, Skilling. It was Skilling who provided the strategic vision behind Enron, who transformed its old gas-pipeline culture into a swaggering, rule-breaking, dealmaking cult that ultimately mislaid its analytical skills and perhaps its moral compass. Skilling, a Harvard M.B.A. and former McKinsey & Co. consultant, had a high-wattage intellect that always impressed. Even when he was a student, people who met him knew...
...HOUSE The former Enron boss's principal abode is a $7.1 million high-rise condo. If the Lays file for bankruptcy, Texas law will let them keep it. Sure beats...