Word: businessman
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...very nice" for Borat. The film faces another lawsuit, this one filed by the New York City businessman who says he faces public ridicule after he was filmed frantically running from Sacha Baron Cohen's character. "Have you noticed that people that file lawsuits like this act as though they have never been embarrassed in their lives?" asks blogsite HOLLYWOOD SNARK. SCORE...
...rather than dump it into an overpriced equity market, they're likely to be disappointed. Savings accounts in China yield about 3%. With annual inflation running at about the same rate, that's no return at all. "Bank savings are ridiculous," snapped Li Gongren, a 55-year-old retired businessman, while he was loitering in a Shanghai brokerage office this week. "Why would you put your money in the bank and make nothing when you can make money in stocks...
...Baroody is no businessman. He's a business lobbyist. The distinction is crucial to understanding an Administration in which energy lobbyists oversee mining and drilling, timber lobbyists oversee logging and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association has practically moved to the Department of Agriculture. These are Washington people, not corporate people. They make legislation, not payroll. They're insider hens who side with foxes and know the henhouse well...
...Romney's people like to remind voters that he was a businessman and marketer. McCain's staff point to the Senator's history of diving into political problems without regard to party orthodoxy. One of those resumes is that of someone good at making sales, which is different than making compromises. For what it's worth, Romney has probably been more successful in his line of work. But with his newfound willingness to highlight this distinction, McCain is making a not entirely calculated bet that when it comes to electing a President, Americans would rather embrace a hard-nosed dealmaker...
...Baroody is not a corporate insider - he's a Washington insider. And he's not a businessman - he's a business lobbyist. Those may sound like irrelevant distinctions, but they're critical to understanding the Bush Administration, where energy lobbyists oversee mining and drilling, timber lobbyists oversee logging, hospital and pharmaceutical lobbyists oversee health, and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association practically transferred its staff to the Department of Agriculture...