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...have refused to allow access to the port before Taylor leaves, so food in government- controlled Monrovia has remained expensive and scarce. The port is also key to any humanitarian effort, and according to an American official, Obasanjo has written to Bush asking him to help secure it. Meanwhile, businessmen and aid workers are reluctant to bring in much-needed food and medicine, fearing it will be confiscated if the conflict erupts again. "I can't write to my boss and say, 'Send me more expatriates and 200 tons of supplies,'" says Frédéric Bardou, country director...
...strategy brought in €800,000 - which was enough to both keep the company afloat and lock locals into a uniquely German type of loyalty program. Another brewer, Iserlohner Pilsner, launched a "Save Iserlohner" campaign geared toward the villagers of its namesake town. Production rose enough to entice local businessmen to buy the brewery in the hope of making it a premium brand. Still, there's little doubt that a massive shakeout is on the way. "For consumers, it will mean less choice, but it won't mean no choice," says Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Andy Bowley...
...PRESIDENT BUSH ARE BOTH BUSINESSMEN WHO BECAME POLITICAL LEADERS. IS THERE A BOND YOU SHARE...
...least the modern equivalent of its former self and has begun on that path with an incredible set of modern high-rises (including Sony and Deutsche Bank). Its detachment from the other urban centers that comprise Berlin makes it mostly a fodder for tourists and home to besuited businessmen. Eventually, however, the connections will be made, the synthetic feeling will wear off and the Deutsche Bahn will bring people streaming directly into this new life-force of the city...
Wilson seemed like a wise choice for the mission. He had been a U.S. ambassador to Gabon and had actually been the last American to speak with Saddam before the first Gulf War. Wilson spent eight days sleuthing in Niger, meeting with current and former government officials and businessmen; he came away convinced that the allegations were untrue. Wilson never had access to the Italian documents and never filed a written report, he told TIME. When he returned to Washington in early March, Wilson gave an oral report about his trip to both CIA and State Department officials. On March...