Word: businessman
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...South Pacific isn't out of danger, says police chief Hughes, but "I think we have sent a strong message that Fiji is not as vulnerable as people thought." Suva businessman Tauz Khan, whose security-equipment and taxi companies are in the same industrial estate as the drug warehouse, hopes he's right. The fight against drugs must succeed, he says: "We don't want these guys to come back here and spoil our paradise...
...corruption. Muhanad Nassiri, an architect, said his firm has bid on a dozen contracts, including one for a security system for the Iraqi National Museum, but has never been successful. "All the tenders are terminated early, and all the tenders are given to the same companies," another Iraqi businessman says. "If you look at the awards list, you will find many of the same names." KBR has acknowledged that it uses the same vendors repeatedly but argues that it often values reliability over other factors. "We don't always give the award to the lowest bidder," says a KBR representative...
...ARRESTED. B.S.A. TAHIR, 44, Sri Lankan businessman; on allegations that he conspired with Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to manufacture and sell nuclear weapons components; in Kuala Lumpur. Tahir allegedly duped Malaysian company Scomi Precision Engineering, which is partly controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, into making parts for a centrifuge intended for Libya...
Citing a 2003 criminal case where a Russian businessman attempted to procure weapons-grade material for an unidentified foreign buyer, Wier said the report urges the presidents of the two nations to make nuclear security a priority and to “use the relationship they’ve developed” to “clear away any bureaucratic obstacles...
...wealthy Zobel de Ayala family, Enzo, as he was known by his countrymen, had a reputation as a high-flying but hard-working tycoon who later became a generous philanthropist, particularly after a polo accident in 1991 left him paralyzed from the neck down. Recalled fellow Manila businessman Guillermo Luz: "He was proud to be the working rich...