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...Thus far in his tenure, O?Neill has been a Treasury Secretary for good times - at best. His resume coming in was that of a businessman and budgeteer; many hoped that in a time of surpluses, O?Neill would lead a long-awaited common-sense assault on the tax code and government spending. The hope was that his lack of credibility with Wall Street - Rubin came from a long stretch as a Goldman Sachs bigwig - wouldn?t be missed. The occasional gaffes - appearing to talk down the dollar, making fun of day traders, throwing head-fakes over Argentina, and spending...
...Islamic world, from Mindanao to Morocco. While it is more comfortable to believe that such fanaticism is rooted only in ignorance, in Pakistan, a member of an Islamic militant organization is as likely to be educated and urbane - an engineer, a computer scientist, a military officer or a businessman. Many tried living in America or Europe and slunk back home, shocked and disturbed by the clash of Western culture and values with their own. Alienated, they fall back on Islam to regain their identity...
...most depressing stories I heard is of the Famous Gazillionaire Businessman who found himself and his private jet marooned in Europe when all U.S. airports were shut down. He got in touch with Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, who personally refused his entreaties. Then the FGB took his request all the way to the President of the United States to get an exemption for his plane on the simple grounds that as a Famous Gazillionaire Businessman he was critical to the functioning of America. To his eternal credit, when Mineta got the second request from the White House, he refused...
...with the Labour Party, which has been in existence for nearly 60 years, now influences policy in a way that would never have been possible even a decade ago - when the party was in opposition and Labour was broadly supportive of the Palestinian cause. Michael Levy, a leading Jewish businessman with close ties to the Israeli political establishment, befriended Tony Blair in 1994 and was instrumental in effecting a policy shift so complete that Blair is now considered one of Israel's staunchest European allies. Levy became a key fund raiser for the Labour Party and after the 1997 general...
...however, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, show up unexpectedly at the end of their number and steal the show. Of course, stealing the show away from 'N Sync isn't exactly grand larceny. LaToya Jackson could steal the show from 'N Sync. Jackson, ever the canny businessman, didn't really sing during his performance with the boys, he just did a few moves to whet the appetite. If you want to hear him sing, you have to plunk down your cash and see him at Madison Square Garden on September 7 and 10. Some seats are going for around...