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...nearby street lined with restaurants, I was accosted by a woman who insisted on walking with me, then demanded money for her time. When I refused, she shoved her hand into my jacket pocket and tussled furiously with me in an effort to grab my cash. I got away, my money intact but my jacket in tatters, and headed back to the cocoon of my hotel...
...people most in tune with that cycle, those running firms like Blackstone, are deciding to sell some of their stake to the public. Companies usually go public to raise capital, but Blackstone hardly needs to float shares to find investors. Instead, the move is a way for executives to cash...
...year to West Africa destined for Europe. "What is emerging is a substantial trafficking scheme involving suspects on three continents: Africa, Europe and South America," says the officer, who could not be named. "This is one of the world's biggest generators of illicit cash...
Desperate for an arrest, Guinea-Bissau's judicial police finally borrowed cash for fuel and hired cars to drive 50 km east of Bissau, where they intercepted the convoy the villagers had described. They found 635 kg of cocaine, worth about $80 million in parts of Europe - more than one-quarter of Guinea-Bissau's annual gross domestic product. Inside the car were two military men, whom officials in Bissau recognized as bodyguards of a senior army officer. The police burned the cocaine, but the military later quietly released the two arrested men without charge. Having witnessed such things, senior...
...decision, with the majority opinion also written, as in the Bong Hits case, by Chief Justice John Roberts. It seems to put a significant chink in the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, and advocates for limiting campaign spending say it will draw a flood of corporate cash to TV spots pushing one candidate or another. But the decision is also very narrow, meaning it may well preserve the overall impact of McCain-Feingold and doesn't necessarily justify predictions of the end to spending restraint. As with the Bong Hits case, it also starts to show the ideological limits...