Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strongest surge yet: new theaters from Johnny Cash, Silver Dollar City and, perhaps, Andy Williams. Country is still king, but the newer shows have broader ambitions. Violinist Tabuchi's variety show, perhaps the most popular in town, downplays country and goes heavy on glitz. Says Ben Bush, a businessman who plans a two-theater complex next spring: "People want to be entertained. If that means less country music, then that is what it will take...
Because the Plaza's owner, Hamad al-Towaijri, is a prominent businessman, Khalid's and Ali's jobs are secure, and they will probably remain in Kuwait. They are among the very few lucky Palestinians. "If you can call it lucky," says Ali. "Even with Hamad giving us work, daily life is hard. People who talk nicely to me turn harsh when they find out I'm Palestinian. My Kuwaiti friends say I shouldn't visit because they will be branded Palestinian lovers. And God help me if I get into a traffic accident with a Kuwaiti, even...
...foreigners doing business in Kuwait must deal through Kuwaiti agents, and the trials of PVE, a California-based environmental company, are illustrative. A Saudi businessman familiar with PVE invited the concern to bid for the monumental job of cleaning up Kuwait's oil fields. The final count of blown wells, not yet officially released, is 732 out of a total of 1,000. At least 248 well fires have been doused, but the hardest to cap, the high- pressure wells, have yet to be seriously tackled. In the meantime, giant lakes of oil have formed, covering an estimated 1 million...
...self-made, the legit and the tainted, the inventors and the investors, the generous and the tight. Some shun the spotlight, like 94-year-old shipping billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig. Others crave it, like former self-proclaimed billionaire Donald Trump. Sam Walton, who'd be the richest businessman in the world, Forbes says, if he hadn't divvied his $18.5 billion Wal-Mart stake among his family, is famous for his battered Ford pickup, while the late Bhagwan Rajneesh, who was blessed more richly with followers than cash or good tax advice, had 92 Rolls-Royces...
...port of Assab, which normally handles 70% of Ethiopia's trade, about the only thing now moving through it is food. A Shell Oil installation, which is under the front's control, is sending only 10% of the usual fuel supply to the rest of Ethiopia. Says a Western businessman at the port: "There is the definite feeling of a squeeze play here." Wary of the Eritreans, Ethiopian producers of coffee, the country's biggest export, are not sending their goods to Assab...